Wow the fairy looks fantastic there!! Gosh .

I don't know about it's hardiness but have you looked up sweet chariot ? My apologies if it's not hardy enough. Help me find lists 6b but that's seems to be their default setting

Your Fairy rose is beautiful, Dave. I think it's a great rose for certain climates, but in the dry desert here, I had a small hedge of The Fairy, and it was a disaster. Ah, me, the vagaries of growing roses. I wish I could recommend a rose for you, but I'm not experienced at all with growing roses in pots. Bonica does come to mind if it would drape enough. It's larger than The Fairy, though. Diane

I just thought the hybrid musk, Ballerina, but I'm not sure it would be hardy enough for a pot. Diane

Lilyfinch - Thanks for the recommendation! Sweet Chariot looks is like just what I need. Disease resistance is only rated as good + on HMF but everything else looks perfect. I need to look into this one more.

Diane - I never even thought of Bonica or Ballerina in a pot but, yes, these may work out. I love your Ballerina! I wonder if I could manage her size in a pot or if she would want to be more of a climber?

Jabubaoski - I had not heard of Morey's Pink before. It definitely wants to drape and bloom. Looks great! I need to research this one more.

Dave,

Look into these three:

Popcorn and Gourmet Popcorn, its newer version. They are vigorous, billowing white flowering bushes, in habit, very much like The Fairy.

Innocencia Vigorous is a Kordes, ADR (2003), very much like the above two with the outstanding winter hardiness and disease resistance ADR roses exhibit.

They all can be expected to grow to 2' X 3' at maturity.

There are photos on the Internet and on HMFR where mature bushes of these three can be seen. They are all very impressive.

Gourmet Popcorn and Innocencia Vigorous are also moderately fragrant.

It would be Innocencia Vigorosa that gets the nod from me because it is ADR and Kordes. I have grow it and Gourmet Popcorn, both great roses.

Moses

Dave I planted Sweet Chariot last year, it's done well here, I don't remember it having any disease issues at all. I think I got it from Burling. Pretty color and nice fragrance.

Yep, I grow Morey's Pink in a zone 4 spot in my yard and it should both drape and overwinter well for you as you planned (great photo, Jabubaoski!) I have had difficulty overwintering Sweet Chariot more than a year or two in a typical zone 5 spot, though Dingo has had no trouble, so it might be a little more iffy. Bonica gets BIG in my area - a good 4-5' tall and it doesn't drape much as I recall, so I don't think it would be a good fit for your spot. Marie Pavie is pretty hardy for me in zone 5 and is a soft pink color. Innocencia Vigorosa also survives well for me, thought I wish it bloomed more often and more profusely - it's in prime real estate so it should do better.

Some other options might include:

I have been really impressed with Salmon Vigorosa (Bad Birnbach, also goes by Electric Blanket or Busy Bee). I thought it would be just a solid coral pink color but it has this lovely white base and reverse that just glows in the sun. The photo below is just when it was getting started a few weeks ago, but now it's a solid block of color in my mailbox bed. Really any of the Kordes Vigorosas or Verandas would do well for what you want, though I've found that Apricot Vigorosa is not nearly as hardy as the rest of them.

If you're looking for a bright coral color as I thought Bad Birnbach would be, Jolie Veranda fits the bill and is hardy, healthy and free blooming as a low growing rose.

if you're looking for a lighter color, Lovely Meidiland is a pale pink and has spread out nicely into that same mailbox bed and it's rock solid hardy in our zone as well. Alba Meidiland or Coral Meidiland would be other low floppy options that would have regular blooms and no hardiness issues.

There are plenty of others if you have no color restrictions, but these would work for what you describe.

Cynthia

Thank you Moses, Dingo, & Cynthia! Wow, lots to consider. No color restrictions, per se, but is planted in a bed with primarily whites, pinks, & reds. It will be in between Gentle Hermoine (soft pink) and Rouge Royale (raspberry red) with Sombreuil (white) in the background. A weeping China Doll standard (dark pink) is close by. The color of Sweet Chariot sounds very appealing but winter hardiness is important. Innocencia is beautiful but rebloom in this situation is important. The color of Jolie Veranda and Salmon Vigorosa are wonderful. Time to go research these some more.

Wow your Fairy in the pot is a knockout!! (No not that kind of knockout)

That looks so great. So you are telling me cold hardy roses can stay in pots outside and not have to be moved to the garage?

Thanks, Ashley. Rule of thumb is if grown in a pot and left outside a rose should be hardy to at least one zone colder than the zone you live in. I'd rather grow something even a bit hardier, however, just in case and so I started with The Fairy. My other roses are kept in the garage. I'm a bit nervous to try this with some of these zone 5 roses but I won't know until I try I suppose.

Wow interesting I didn't know that! Hmmm have a few spots I've wanted to do pots!!

Have any of you seen or grow Crystal Fairy? Supposedly a white sport of The Fairy but not rated quite as hardy. I wonder why. How about Oso Easy Fragrant Spreader? So usually anything that says Knockout, Drift, Easy Ellegance, Oso Easy, etc...I walk right by without even considering it. However, I wonder if Fragrant Spreader would work in a pot. Fragrant, cold hardy - the blooms not as cute as Diane's Ballerina but seem nice. Any experience with it?