Hello again, About the id-ing...its a european silver fir. I know im far away from most of you, but didnt any european sites that dealt with conifers' problems. The fir is planted in the garden, directly, its not in a pot anymore. Ill try to get a picture tomorrow and see if there are any decaying roots to be cut, if its indeed necessary. But if its already planted wouldnt it be an additional stress? And what about the bald areas where the needles fell of, do i leave them like that or? speaking as a layman of course... I feel very bad that its partially my fault that it is dying:( Today i noticed that even some of the upper branches are balding.. I thought that 14 days in my room were not too much and i only made the transitions to a colder room and the roofed porch after that, cause someone said to me that they die if not eased slowly into colder temperatures:( I knew it was too much...tried in the end to use water spray for the low humidity, but i guess it was too late.. I guess Im done with buying christmas trees in the years to come, no matter how this ends...will instead buy an artificial or decorate one of the spruces that are already in the yard. Thank you for taking some of your time to respond to me, I really appreciate it.

Speaking of reds, I am very enamored of the blooms of 'Orfeo', which, along with being very full and well-scented, have substantial texture and sheen and each one lasts an exceptionally long time. Heat resistant, particularly for a red. My own-root plant receives afternoon sun only but blooms haven't burnt along the edges the way that 'Barcelona' et al. do. It is only moderately armed and the foliage is healthy. My plant is relatively young, at three years in the ground, so I can't make definite statements about vigor (currently 10' - 12' and manageable, though, not rampant) and remontancy (it has repeated some, but I consider the plant immature and not at its full potential yet -- the spring flush extends at least six weeks). From April 22, 2015:

I planted Peggy Martin from ARE last fall. She is down in a corner where she gets maybe one hour direct sun and she is throwing out two huge canes! Perfect foliage too. Zero thorns. A small flush of scentless blooms appeared that I almost didn’t notice since she is behind a lilac. So all this to say I bet she can take some shade. Although, mine will get full sun once she grows over the 6 foot back fence. I actually planted her for the neighbor behind (who I have only talked to once). She tried a couple times to make trumpet vines climb up the 8 foot high wall that keeps our yard from falling into theirs. I didn’t want them rooting in the soil behind our fence and cut back any that rooted there. They gave up on vines and put in an 8 foot high wood fence to hide the ugly block wall. But she put in a cotton candy pink Crape Myrtle so I thought she might like to see a pink rose spilling down over her back neighbors fence that is 14 feet up from her yard. I find the way PM drapes over a fence to be so alluring! https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/southerngarden/PeggyMartinrose.html Here is my baby.

To echo Jeri's comments, I don't think Sophie's Perpetual is a good fit for zone 6-ish. I put a free one from the Rogue Valley mystery roses into my virtual zone 6 pocket in my yard, and it sort of limped by after a very mild winter last year and totally disappeared this year. I think it's marginally hardy in zone 6, and better in zone 7.If it's in a container, you lose a virtual zone of winter protection and so you'd be a virtual zone 5 in a pot and not a good fit for Sophie's Perpetual. Pink Pet is the only China-type rose that survives well for me, but it's more of a Polyantha than a China in effect and it doesn't climb or get much beyond 3-4' for me. If you're looking for something from the RU sale that would climb well in zone 5, Awakening is rock solid hardy and has lovely pink flowers. It blooms just fine in part shade, and the only concern might be that it gets too big for even a half whiskey barrel. Mine was pretty thorny too. Among hybrid musks, only Lavender Lassie would be reasonably hardy in zone 5 and it would be a good fit for part shade. the mini climber Jeanne LaJoie survives fine in a typical zone 5 winter and is a much better fit for a pot. I think she'd do OK in part sun, though any rose blooms less in part sun. Antique 89 and Harlekin are both nicely hardy but they do die to the ground in my zone 5 and they only bloom sporadically in the year for me. Mine aren't particularly happy in part sun. Viking Queen survives fine in zone 5 but seems to die to the ground each year so you wouldn't necessarily get a ton of bloom. Veilchenblau would be an absolute trooper and climb or bush out huge in no time, and it's in dry shade under my oak tree. It's a once bloomer but gorgeous lush blooms for several weeks once established - here's mine in more or less full bloom with an admiring bunny that my daughter pointed out: Purple Splash and Stormy Weather both seem to survive OK in zone 5 and regrow from the ground reasonably well, so they'd be worth a try if you want the purple striped climbers. I haven't overwintered Quicksilver yet but the odds are good that it will be a good one for winter survival, being a Kordes. Paulspride is the only other rose listed as a climber on the RU sale that survives the winters well for me. Ghislaine Feligonde comes back reasonably well but it has tiny while flat blooms that aren't the attractive shapes others have, and I'm wondering if mine is the correct ID. Among the Austins, most of them are hardy but the ones that tend to be climbers on the RU sale list are the ones that survive the least for me - I can't keep Golden Celebration overwintered, nor Strawberry Hill or James Galway. Lady of Shalott is rock solid hardy as is Scepter'd Isle, Carding Mill and Heritage, but they get at most 5-6' tall by the end of spring since Austins rarely have surviving cane for me. Crown Princess Margareta is a climber and hardy, but I never get blooms from mine without surviving cane and it never has any. Rebecca in zone 5 has tons though and lovely blooms from hers. For other OGRs, Baronne Prevost and Mme. Isaac Periere are both fully hardy here, though BP would be better for a pot. She does Ok in part sun for me but would bloom more in sun. MIP prefers sun and doesn't bloom on new wood for me, so I don't get much bloom most years. Among shrubs, Alchymist is very hardy but a once bloomer. Autumn Sunset would survive fine in a pot and climbs well, but blooms very little in part shade for me. Belinda's Dream would survive fine and seems OK but not happy in part sun. Dames des Chenonceau is totally hardy and in my top 20-30 of roses I grow, and can be spectacular in part sun. As you move into part shade though, I'm not sure how well she'd do. Morden Sunrise is totally hardy and would be very pretty in this context, and White Meidiland would be a low-growing spreader in white and also very hardy. Among the RU sale roses, those are the ones I'd recommend for what you're asking. I'm all in favor of taking advantage of the RU sale!! Cynthia