Caramel Fairy Tale and Floral Fairy Tale. No fungicide treatment, no problem! Full of leaves, good rebloom, no fragrance.

Florentina is gorgeous. Healthy. Always blooming. Beautiful foliage.

Dark Desire (grafted? )and Fire Opal Kolorscape (OR) are oustanding. I also have Summer Romance (OR) which is very healthy, but with few blooms thus far. All were new plants this year and show signs of coming into their own. SR is only now sending out numerous buds. I had her in a pot growing her up from 1 gal Chamblee and I think she likes to be in the ground. FO didn't care where she was.... a great bloomer. DD is showing signs it wants to be a climber!

South Africa, Sunny Sky (really large bush), Fire Opal, Heart Song, Floral Fairy Tale (as an own root about the size and shape of Cream Veranda), Flamingo ( if you like them bright), Karl Ploberger, Plum Perfect (she is), Innocensia (sweet thing) and Dark Desire (I agree). Most likely left some out. The ones listed have been wonderful bloomers and healthy. So happy that I purchased them.

Left out Florentina, and Bajazzo.

I'm getting Florentina mid-October. Glad to hear it's a favorite.

How about your Fiji Patty? lol... Mines to young to comment on...

Thanks everyone for sharing your recommendations. Many of these are new to me so I am off to check on all of them.

Told you I would I'd forget someone. I'm sorry Fiji. I would not say she is prolific yet. But always a couple of blooms and she is a hybrid tea.

I hope there are more reports on Quicksilver next year. I saw it on that one recent thread and it looked beautiful.

Patty, Siena Vigorosa is so gorgeous. I'm sitting here turning green with envy. Got to look her up. Diane

Thanks Diane, I just found out what this rose was. After tens years she started going down hill fast this year. With great sadness I dug her up and found there was root stock laying off to the side. Happy days are here again found my oldest Palatine orders, finally had an Id. Best of all they still carry it. It was a good year after all.

Patty, I can't find the name Siena Vigorosa on the Kordes USA website...Where did you get that rose? ooops looks like Palatines... missed that...lol Thanks...

Jim, Siena Vigorosa is also known as Maxi Vita.

I grow several of the newer Kords roses but my best one is Sunny Sky.

Wow, that is so beautiful! It looks like it has a blush edge? Does it look similar to Garden Party?

Patty, how did the rootstock end up that way do you think? Gophers? I'm glad you've got a new SV.

Ken, Sunny Sky is exquisite. The second photo looks like porcelain bisque. There is the slightest pink around the edge of the petals--love it. Diane

I 2nd Sunny Sky tremendous rose here.

Beverly, the Fairy Tales ( Pomponella, Golden, Brother Grimms, Floral, Red Riding Hood, Lions, Cinderella). Laguna. They are all spot resistance here in Northern NJ, and I like them so much I am adding more Kordes ADR roses.

Also, Cream Veranda, Summer Sun.... continuous blooming, no spray, no disease

My bad forgot Lions Fairy Tale continuous bloom and very healthy.

Savannah bloomed well for it's first year and healthy.

Lemon Fizz a single non fading yellow. Continuous and healthy

Pink Enchantment bloomed well in its first year and it's healthy.

Pomponella is a very good rose for me. Blooms up a storm.

Thanks for posting this & for the responses. I was hoping to get some feedback about health & vigor of some of these roses that I have on my wish/spring order list!

Ken, you should post your fabulous pics to HMF. They don't have a single one. Yours is so exquisite.

Savannah looks like a winner, really took off its first year. The blooms are a lovely apricot with a refined form and very fragrant.

Lavaglut produces amazing sprays, the dark foliage provides a wonderful complement. Kordes really are the best when it comes to red, red roses!

They all look fantastic. Gosh, how do I narrow down to 5?

I actually managed a decent photo of South Africa this morning. It's been blooming like this since being planted as an own root from Chamblees.

Wow South Africa is gorgeous! I am plan on planting some Kordes roses next spring and my list is:

Beverly

summer romance or pink enchantment

Earth Angel

cream veranda

Savannah

now adding South Africa lol

boncrow66, If you like deep reds, you may have to add Dark Desire to that list. ;) Ken, your Sunny Sky are gorgeous and almost look cream, rather than yellow. The Newflora site calls it a "large-flowered yellow", but then goes on to describe it under Color as "cream pink". Perhaps that refers to the edging. I'm looking for a cream/pink, but don't want too yellow.

South Africa is magnificent.

Thou who are fans of soft light colors. I can vouch for Pink Enchantment. Was going to move this rose as its a bit to soft for my liking. However it seems to have earned its spot. Very good blooming, excellent branching and great health.

If you like red roses - Red Riding Hood Fairy Tale has been very, very good the last five years, completely healthy and is now one of few roses in my garden that blooms profusely. Floral Fairy Tale is another but perhaps not quite in the same league, at least not in my 5b zone garden.

Bump this up to admire Patty's bush shot of South Africa. How's is the scent of South Africa? How does South Africa survive zone 5 winter as own-root? Thank you.

Bliss Parfuma is a beauty and has a lovely fragrance and huge blooms that lasted longer than most. this picture was taken in late september and it shows how clean the foliage stayed.

Bliss Parfuma is maybe the very best Kordes. It’s award winning for its oerfumed scent, a vigorous grower, lovely plump leaves, NO BS, YAY YAY! I have 2. Can grow really tall! Gorgeous big plump blooms-HUGE! Ine of my favorites!

I love Kordes roses roses! They do well w/no BS in my 6a zone. Bliss Parfuma, Pomponella Fairy Tale, Wedding Bells Eleganza, Summer’s Romance Parffuma, Madame Anisette Parfuma, Poseidon , Honeymoon CL, Jasmina CL, Cinderella CL, Kiss Me Kate CL, Laguna CL, Dark Desire Parfuma, Earth Angel Parfuma, Savannah Sunbelt, Plum Perfect Sunbelt, Polar Express Sunbelt, , Lion’s Fairy Tale, Beverly Eleganza., Wow! Are they great! They perform usually better than my other roses. I have about 110 roses.

Wedding Bells has no BS and Cinderella no BS -are my other best Kordes! However, they are all excellent!!

This will be my second season with Bliss Parfuma and I also love it! Extremely healthy with gorgeous blooms that last forever and a lovely bushy, well foliated shrub shape. I have found fragrance to be moderately strong in heat and very strong in cooler temperatures, which might explain how it won the Glasgow Tollcross Fragrance Award. It has a very pleasant and unusual fragrance like a jasmine-based perfume with hints of sweet fruit and…maybe shea butter?

I have never grown any other modern Kordes aside from Beverly, which really does have the most amazing peach/plum/citrus fragrance. It has a very attractive growth habit for a hybrid tea and has a low thorn count. I no longer grow it because it frequently developed powdery mildew in my conditions, a weakness it must have inherited from its parent The McCartney Rose.

Amongst older Kordes roses, none can be more fragrant, beautiful, charming, romantic or floriferous than Crimson Glory or Barcelona!

Fiji has been a great rose. Super healthy and vigorous bloomer.

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@strawchicago z5 I received a South Africa - BR grafted - last spring, based on Moses’ recommendation. It receives max 5 hours sun/day ( usually less). Foliage clean no spray. More vigorous than I expected (the quality that most surprised me). More blooms, even heat of summer, than I expected, though though, to be clear - never ”covered in blooms. I don’t remember any scent. Winters here milder than by you. Looks like it did quite well over winter here.

Thank you, Rifis, I appreciate your info.

Kitty, how tall is really tall for Bliss?

I purchased south Africa last year - band size..had few blooms and i dont remember any scent … looks like it survived zone 5 winter …hoping to see more blooms this season

Pat at Roses Unlimited recommended Amadeus and im very happy with it. its the most disease resistant rose i have.

i have caramella fairy tale which blooms a lot in flushes but its got an awkward shape