My storage facility is so well organized it may take a couple of days to dig into where these MAY be located. They will not be tagged with part numbers so a picture would be helpful otherwise I will check the IPL for a look alike. Walt Conner wconner5 at verizon dot net

The 'Duchesse de Brabant" was a first runner up. About comparing personal observations with the results of the report, there is no possible comparison of the results of the referenced trial with results observed in a "good home." At least, that is certainly my impression of the trial. The roses were severely stress tested; the roses were not coddled in ANY way. As I read it: "Plants were provided with minimal amounts of water and fertilizer, no control for diseases and insects, and no grooming or deadheading." I think of it like being planted in a graveyard and subsequently being forgotten and untended for years. Surviving such conditions in Florida is quite a feat.

I have it but I bought it as a plant. I've done a quick Google and I don't see any sources for seed over here either. I'm wondering if it would come true even if it did set seed? My plants have not produced any seeds that I've noticed but then the dying flowers are a mess. They tend to get sodden rather than dry so I often dead head them. The plants are easy to obtain and cheap here. It's a pity you can't find them. The smell is lovely.

If you want a big statement plant somewhere along the strip, you could try Darlow's Enigma. He makes a nice architectural statement, and I've never in my life deadheaded him. Wouldn't know how to get close enough without serious bloodletting, and he never needs it. I don't think he sets noticeable hips, and he blooms more or less around the clock. I also rarely if ever prune him, maybe a little tip trimming if I feel like it, but he mostly drops off nonfunctional twigs at the ends of branches without much help from me. I agree that Bonica is mostly self cleaning, or at least doesn't look ratty if I don't clean, and Marie Daly is similar. Several of the Easy Elegance roses do fine without any deadheading from me at all, and they're both winter hardy and pretty continual blooming. Little Mischief is short and wide dark pink, Yellow Brick Road is tall and slim, Kashmir is medium and red, Pinktopia is about 4-5' and medium pink. I'd say that Calypso, Music Box, and Sweet Fragrance can be left without deadheading but look a little less clean if they're not tended at least once a month. I think the hybrid musks like Wilhelm or Penelope would do fine without deadheading, and bushy singles like Ballerina or Robin Hood might be good. You don't want roses in a public space that are too tempting to nip off the flowers for cutting, so the singles and mass clusters are better than any hybrid teas. I know what you mean about maintaining church roses with a minimum of effort. My church has 70 or more Home Run bushes around their property, and about 5 years ago put a notice in the bulletin because no one had ever pruned them and there was all kinds of dead wood looking terribly ratty and half dead. Easy care isn't no care, even for Knockouts and similar roses. Now I just go in every spring and do a fairly brutal prune once a year, throw on some fertilizer, and they get absolutely no care till next spring. Driving by they look fine, though I'm sure my fingers would be itching to deadhead something if I got right up close to them. Oh, there's also a Seafoam or two around the other side of the church that I don't prune any more than my own Darlow's Enigma, but I rather think Seafoam looks ratty at the best of times so more care wouldn't help it much. I'm sure the congregation appreciates your attention and care. Cynthia