Do not spray the rugosas at all, Perma. It will be interesting to see how they like Florida. They don't like pruning along with Teas so you are good there. Good luck!

Second Sheila's advice on the spray issue. Rugosas don't like it!

OH, and Rugosas do best in an acidic (rather than alkaline) environment -- which is why I can't really grow them.

Beautiful, Ingrid! I hope this one resurfaces for sale. I love your photos.

Thanks, Sheila. I wish it would come back, and I have a feeling it would love your garden. So many other pretty roses to make friends with!

Not quite Florida but here in Sydney Australia I have no issues with

Schneezwerg, Fru Dagmar Hastrup, Anne Endt, Therese Bugnet.

Amusingly though, Calocarpa is not behaving, constantly goes chloric without a lot of pampering.

Well, now Houzz did it to me. A whole lovely post composed, then disappeared. I’ll try again as mini posts.

Thank you for warning me about spraying Sheila. I only spray with organic, but I’ll give these guys a wide berth until I see how they like NE FL.

Jin, I hear you on the disease. What a summer! My roses are bouncing back with fresh new growth that’s very clean, so I’m happy there is regeneration. I already have FJ Grootendorst, who seems very happy here. So we’ll see! (I got these on sale from Chamblees.)

Ingrid, WE is stunning! I agree—this one needs to come back into commerce. I love the crinkly foliage on these types of roses! My FDH has a tiny blossom on it when it arrived that perfumed the whole box—I was in love immeadiately!

My real zone-push here is Pomifera, but I’m really wanting harvestable hips, so I’ll give it a go. :-)

They grow beautifully for me here, and have never shown signs of disease. I have a handful of them. If they do well for you, I'd suggest growing 'Roseraie de l'Hay', which I find very graceful and fragrant.

Keep in mind they do sucker, forming a thicket, but for the most part the suckers stay in close proximity to the mother plant. Purple Pavement does tend to wander though.

The only real problem I've ever had with them is from the rose cane girdler. I wasn't familiar with this pest before, so didn't catch it until my Therese Bugnet hedge was infested and I had to cut them to the ground (they have since recovered nicely). Now I monitor for affected canes and remove them promptly. This seems to keep things under control, but it is frustrating to have to cut out big canes. They don't seem to target younger canes, but thicker older canes. I'm not sure if this pest is a problem in your area, but worth being on the lookout for.

-Chris

Thanks, Chris. I’ve read about the suckering, but am not sure what to expect. Do they tiproot like berries, or just from the crown?

and thank you for the RdlH recommendation—wow, that’s gorgeous too! :-)

Jin, I’m so sorry to hear about your roses and the thrips. What did that look like? (Sorry if that’s what you meant by no pictures.). My older Sunny Knockouts looked dreadful there for several months, and I’m wondering if that’s what got them.

Perma, none of mine have ever tip rooted. The canes are fairly stiff and upright for that.

They send up suckers from the crown, but they run fairly close to the soil surface so I've found them easy to pull, as opposed to some of my gallicas.

-Chris