I’m looking forward to the new Chinook Sunrise. Kept wishing that Northland Rosarium would be able to sell these.

My Rugosas did keep growing well with BS. I just didn't like them enough to keep sick looking roses. Hortico Roses in Canada (ships to the States) has Oscar Petersons.

Thanks for the info on Frontenac, MG - one more of many reasons to lament the late great Pickering as a vendor. FWIW, both Capt Samuel Holland and Felix Leclerc have been available at High Country Roses in the US, though at least the latter wasn't available this spring. Good to know they're similar blooms, since i love FL. Is CSH as tall a bush?

Good to know Hortico has Oscar Peterson - that's definitely in the cards for next year.

Lovely pictures flowers, and thanks for expanding us into the Mordens. I don't know if those are officially considered "Canadian" roses, but they're absolutely hardy for me and virtually unstoppable.

Cynthia

> The Canadian roses are happiest where they get a very cold winter and
not much rain. In the PNW, where I garden, they are BS magnets. They
will be totally covered in a couple of months.

Oh no, I just bought Campfire "accidentally" (it looked so nice and was cheap...you know how these things happen) with no idea about this problem. Mine is still the size of its 1gal pot, so I guess I'll see how it does. Its spot is pretty windy on the edge of a big open place, so maybe it has a better chance...?

Well, since I've gotten us off track with the Morden roses (sorry, I really thought they fell in this category), may I continue off track by bringing up Isabella Skinner/Victorian Memory? She is Canadian, but apparently not in any of the series. She is a consideration for the new arbor. Anyone here recommend her over the ones already mentioned? (JCabot, JDavis and Quadra) The main plus I see is the all season bloom and fragrance.

> I love my Oscar Peterson roses so much I can’t believe it. They are very upright in growth habit and extremely fragrant

I am really surprised to hear this! All the descriptions I've seen make no mention of fragrance, and this one even says "no noticeable fragrance": https://laidbackgardener.blog/2016/05/08/the-new-oscar-peterson-rose/

Your description does make it sound like a perfect plant :D

Cynthia, may I ask where you got your Canadian Shield. I swear I looked every where for it.

Patty, I got my Canadian Shield at Hortico last year. As far as I know I'd presume they still carry it.

Flowers, I have no idea if the Mordens are "official" Canadian roses but they certainly fit the bill and I think they should be discussed together with the other ultra-hardy varieties. The only difference perhaps is not being named after Canadian explorers or artists. For me, I haven't been successful at overwintering Isabella Skinner but I've only tried once. It was in a normal zone 5 spot though, which would indicate that in my yard it's not as hardy as the other three you list. For me Quadra and JC are by far the largest of the ones you listed.

Cynthia

Thank you Cynthia

I agree about the Morden roses anytime I’ve ever searched Canadian roses the Morden roses have always come up.

Teuth, I’m happy yours are are fragrant. I was a bit timid about saying that. Thought for sure everyone would chime in saying they have no scent. Maybe it takes humidity for their scent to waft in the breeze. Sure wish I had more of them.

Thank you, Cynthia. JC is coming up the winner. But, that pic of Cary's JD on an arbor, above, is hard to resist. If it didn't take 10 years to look even half that mature, I could easily change my mind.

Hortico Roses in Canada (ships to the States) has Oscar Petersons.

I guess we are hoping there won't be tariffs and duties applied to Canadian plant material going into the States ;).

The Morden series is an AgCanada program. So there is no question they belong in this thread. However, I've yet to try a rose introduced from that program that hasn't blackspotted horribly here. Whether because of that, or a different reason, I've also had significant dieback with them. No question that Manitoba is a very different climate from here, and we do better with the Quebecois Explorer roses.

I've never seen Felix LeClerc in person. However, from what I've been able to tell, the only difference between it and Capt Samuel Holland is that Felix has a bit of a yellow tinge at the petal base. I'd like to try Felix sometime, but have to do some major reconfiguring to make space first. If it is nearly as blackspot resistant here, it is a noteworthy rose. Captain Samuel and Quadra get nothing here, which is almost mind boggling.

Flowersaremusic; JD was not slow to start, I must say he is slightly more prolific than JC. It does not take 10 years to the arch as I cut both back drastic like 4 yrs ago to saw out old wood. These are such wonderful roses as others show their gorgeous examples of Canadian roses. Wish I had more.

The Morden roses are indeed Canadian, bred by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) at its research station in Morden, Manitoba as part of the Parkland series. I bought Morden Blush recently, with great hope for its survival over winter. It has just a few buds, no blooms yet. I'd like a winter-hardy red to add to this year's purchases and I'm thinking of Hope for Humanity, which is also part of the Parkland series, as the Walmart near to me has lots of healthy looking plants at a good price. Light pink roses like the Morden Blush are my absolute favorite but there is also nothing quite like a red rose :-)

Hope For Humanity is very attractive in real life. High Country roses carries a fairly huge variety of these Canadian roses if anyone is interested. I think he's the only one in the US that carries Navy lady. This is another very beautiful dark red lightly fragrant Rose.

@Patty W
> Teuth, I’m happy yours are are fragrant.

No no, I don't have Oscar Peterson so I don't know! Sorry if I gave the impression that I did. I was just surprised to read your experience with it. Makes me rather tempted...

I grow Felix LeClerc and Captain Samuel Holland in Michigan. Both are great Explorers worth growing though there are a few differences. Felix is the same dark pink color as its offspring Frontenac, reaching twice the height with larger flowers and better rebloom. Felicitas Svejda lamented that Felix was an orphan because rose merchants wanted only red climbers.

On the red to pink color spectrum, consider Quadra =>Sam Holland =>Felix LeClerc =>John Davis. Their thorn quotient is precisely the same rank, because Felix won’t snag you; all its thorns are on the thick canes at its base.

Felix needs no support whatever, so isn’t really a climber, though you could train it. Holland, on the other hand, will flop without staking.

All these roses are cane hardy here and require no spraying.

Hope this helps someone.

Have 2 hardy Canadian rose trees left in the garden, used to have 8, lost 3 during their 1st winter, and dug out 3 for tree cutting last winter, they didn’t make it in pots saved the 4 tree trunks for budding. Will post a photo when they’re in bloom. I tried to find more, but couldn’t get out any info from the nursery I bought from, still trying, I’d like to have a few more.

Another plus for Oscar Peterson. The heat index has been over 100 hear and he still looks great. His blooms only last a day or two but it is a mass of blooms. Like I mentioned above since it is totally self-cleaning. The many blooms are not a problem that needs attention.

My Morden Blush opened it’s first bud today. It looks quite white. Great excitement but upon looking closer, something has already attacked the plant. Some of the leaves are looking a little weird, too.

HalloBlondie! What is that beautiful red next to your Oscar? I'm interested in finding a winter hardy red & it looks like you are close to my zone.

Cary, thank you for the response about JD's growth. I plan to take cuttings from my mother plant to start babies for my arbor. I'm sure you have inspired others here besides me with the pictures of your arbors. I will be back over and over again to look at those photos.

Thanks, HalloBlondie. Your AC Navy Lady is also stunning. I’ll have to look around & see if anyone around here is carrying it.

Never Alone is one of the coolest rose names ever

It is a beautiful color

Wow! Nice big blooms and a beautiful pink.

Oh My Goodness!!! What a gorgeous rose. Why would it be dropped from the Artist Series, as HMF says? Beautiful blooms, fragrant, hardy. Looks like a rose just about everybody would love. I'm tracking it down for sure.

Let's see more Canadian roses! Mine are no where near ready to bloom.

I have some.

Those are beautiful. I've so admired Navy lady in the Columbus Garden of Roses. It's a true dark red Your looks fantastic in that setting. The last pic is especially nice with your house in the background, but it begs the question, "What is that arbour?" I don't recally ever seeing that! It doesn't look like a rose growing up it, though.

The arbor has Cook's Special wisteria and Yellow Lady Banks rose, Vapor. My husband built the arbor. This is against the south wall of the shop.

I love the dribs and drabs we get to see of your property. I had seen the rose and perhaps the wysterio but never put them together in the setting.

If you are looking for Oscar Peterson I saw a bunch of them at Lowes.

Beautiful pics Sheila, nice to see some of the lesser known roses.

Sheila, if you were aiming for a Tuscan look, you sure nailed it.

If you are interested in the Canadian roses, you may find reading the Canadian Rose Annuals of interest.

https://canadianrosesociety.org/back-annuals-1914-2011/

I love this thread! Can we share some roses from this season? I’m in z4b SW Ontario hunting for more Canadian roses to add to my collection.

My Morden Blush. Has been living in a pot for 2 seasons 😂. My earliest bloomer, but sadly not fragrant.

Chinook Sunrise. Surprisingly fragrant. Eaten down to nubs by rabbits this past winter and totally attacked by sawfly larvae yet still a blooming machine!

Gorgeous garden !! I love the colors combo.

Morden Blush was always my favorite hardy rose back when I used to garden in the ground. Yours is really beautiful!!

I have a Felix Leclerc - about five or six years old. It has been very attractive, although not spectacular, but with many blooms. This year it has almost no leaves and doesn't seem well. Nothing around it has changed. Has anyone else had a Felix suddenly fail like this?

Mine has the most blooms of any year, but it's still a slow grower by comparison to others around it. I think it gets the least sun so that may account for it. Victorian memory is similar in that regard so I hope they will catch up to the ones surrounding them.