My touch of Class has gone own root over the years and survives my zone 5a winters well. It dies back quite a bit but comes back stron each spring. I haven't had New Year for a long time. Can't remember how it did as I did extreme winter protection at that time. Don't do any now and Touch of Class survives.

For rabbits I make cylinders of hardware cloth or chickenwire. Measure out about 5 feet of hardware cloth or chicken wire, cut with wire cutters, then wire in 3 places to make a cylinder. Put around rose bush and use sticks or stakes to hold in place. the local nursery recommends burying it a few inches. For squirrels you might have to make some kind of lid. As I recall the square foot gardening guy (who was a retired engineer) recommended making some kind of cages to protect veggies.

I wish more properties in my neighborhood looked like that! :) well done!

Thanks for the really neat link. I didn't know anything about that method. I did post this question on another forum. Someone pointed out what I was asking about is a common occurrence with New Year rose. It is a new rose to me so I was unaware two entirely different looking blooms could be on the same bush. I learn something new every day. These are the two blooms growing on the New Year bush. A whole bunch of orange blooms and the one unusual one. What's even funnier, the orange blooms have a very mild fragrance and the unusual bloom has a very strong sweet fragrance.