Hybrid teas for me would be double delight, tropicana, fragrant cloud and Oklahoma.

Adrianne

Hi again,
Of course, I agree with your inclusion of Evelyn on your list. I also find that Frederic Mistral, a Romantica, is wonderfully scented and lasts a long time in a vase. Munstead Wood has a beautiful scent, but doesn't last as long in a bouquet, for me. Others, whose scent I love and whose lasting qualities vary are: Ebb Tide, Eglantyne, Angel Face, Brother Cadfael, and a whole bunch more of Austins. Diane

PJPII, Stainless Steel, Sweetness (grandiflora), Blue Girl, Neptune, Ginger Hill, Beverly, Neil Diamond (new this yr.), Buxom Beauty (may have), and Crescendo are some fragrant cut roses.

Thanks for your suggestions. I grow just about every rose on your lists! To my nose PJP II only has a moderate fragrance although he is a very good cut rose. Stainless Steel, Oklahoma, Papa Meilland, Blue Moon, Fragrant Cloud, New Zealand and Frederic Mistral are all strongly fragrant but their lasting quality is only average for me (5 days only). Ebb Tide and Munstead Wood last even shorter time in the vase. In fact I rarely cut Ebb Tide and just sniff them in the garden. I love them all but they didn't quite make the cut for my loooooong lasting cut flower list. Are there other Austins that last like Evelyn in the vase?

Rouge Royale smells amazing and lasts a long time as a cut flower. Beautiful red, many petaled, old fashioned bloom form. Love it.

Thank you gymmom, I have been looking at Rouge Royale on the web unfortunately it is not available in Australia. The other roses I want that are not available are: Secret Garden Musk, Rock&Roll, and Kim's rose bred from Renae but I cannot remember the name right now. I wish whoever is getting the new varieties into Australia can take notes....

Rouge Royale is available here as Father' Love but I don't know if you can get it on fortuniana. It IS a beautiful rose. I haven't cut it for indoors, but the flower s stayed on the bush for a week in high 30s this past summer. I am waiting to see how Black Caviar does as a cut flower next summer. Another new release last winter was the Wedding Rose,a creamy white sport of Frederic Mistral. Mine is already nearly as big as FM and just as fragrant.

..I was wondering how long it would be before Black Caviar had a rose named after her... if true to type, it should be a quick rebloomer...

Marlorena, once again it is a case of " a rose by any other name" or in this case two: Astrid Grafin von Hardenburg/Nuit de Chine. Another beautiful rose, but I am glad that I put her in a morning sun area because I think her petals may fry in full sun here. Her re- bloom is pretty much as usual.

Hi Ozmelodye, thanks for the info. I am sure I can get Father's Love on Fort in Perth. Where abouts are you in Australia? Yeah I know the release of the Weddings Rose. I love my Freddy and I was tempted to try the white sport but I don't have room for another monster bush at the moment. Every year I trim Fred down to 2 feet in Spring and by summer it would be over 3m diameter and 2m tall. Besides I already have a few other white HTs in my garden so colour variation would be good. Black Caviar smells of myrrh and anise to my nose and unfortunately I cannot stand that scent, even though the rose is beautiful. I will go and check out the fragrance of Father's Love. :)

Sincerely100, I am in an outer Melbourne suburb. Luckily our block is larger than normal so I can indulge my rose lust ( within reason). My Fred is kept to 2mx 2m so he doesn't smother St.Cecilia which is growing nearby. What a pity about the scent of BC. So many Austin roses have the myrrh scent as well. My favourite scents are those of Oklahoma and Papa Meilland, but they don't last well. Unfortunately, the best cutting dark red roses I have are scent-less: Black Beauty and Tamango, which I think was a commercial cut flower variety originally. I grow it in an out of the way place as it is so tall and ungainly, but I have taken cuttings of it this year, hoping that it might be more presentable own root. We shall see! Those flowers last up to two weeks.

ozmelodye, you must try Firefighter! Papa is one my favourite scent as well and if you like that you won't be disappointed with Firefighter. He is quick to repeat and always loaded with lots of flowers and the bush looks so much better and healthier than Papa. It is a brighter red than Papa. The flowers last 10 days in a vase. Fragrance is similar to Papa but a little less complex but still very good and certainly very strong and lasting. It also opens slowly and keeps the high centre HT shape for a long time. Very small thorns, easy to handle also an added bonus.

Thanks Sincerely, I have used my budget for the year and space is becoming a challenge- HOWEVER..... I do have some roses that are on borrowed time, so it is now on next year's To Buy list along with some others that weren't ready this year.

Melodye

Louise Estes. A great all around HT.

Brigadoon, if you can find it- lasts a week even in 90 degree heat

Hi rosaholic, I can get Brigadoon! Last time I smelled it in a nursery I could not detect much fragrance but that could be the fact the it was on a young plant. Does yours have a strong fragrance?

Hi Fragrancenutter: No, it does not have a strong fragrance - it's beauty is in the color and form of the bloom and its longevity. Where are you able to find the plant? I am in Apopka. Perhaps I'll try Nelsons roses.

Rosaholic I am in Western Australia! Rather far away from where you are. There are 4 rose nurseries in Perth so as long as the variety has been introduced into Australia it is not hard to find. I am a complete fragrance maniac so I don't think I can devote my limited garden space to any non-fragrant roses.... thanks for your input though.

I consider 5 days in a vase good for fragrant roses since fragrance and cutting are not compatible qualities in a rose (the reason florists don't typically sell fragrant roses for bouquets). I am in California so I don't know if you can get these varieties, but the best for vases I have found are: Sugar Moon, Elle, Memorial Day, Valencia and Frederic Minstral. Veteran's Honor lasts longer than 5 days, but the fragrance is a mild raspberry scent. I am having a very difficult time getting Chandos Beauty since it is an HT English rose, but you may have more luck. I wish roses weren't so delicate because we could exchange varieties difficult to find on each other continent. Then again, I don't think the import/export folks would like that very much.