My Red Intuition seemingly never without blooms, many of them at the same time, what I consider "graceful stripes" lol. Moderate scent (I can smell it when I bring them inside) .

These are all fragrant .

PERFUME DELIGHT

FIREFIGHTER

POPE JOHN PAUL II

BIG MOMMA

OKLAHOMA

LAGERFELD

NEIL DIAMOND

MEMORIAL DAY

TIFFANY

ROYAL AMETHYST

THE MC CARTNEY ROSE

DOUBLE DELIGHT

BEVERLY

FRANCIS MEILLAND

While I don't grow it, Memorial Day is one of THE MOST fragrant roses in all the gardens I visit. I also love Sugar Moon, but have to check if that's a HT. Do you grow Dark Desire? Of course, there's always LaFrance and Crimson Glory, but not the high-centered look you're seeking.

While DARK DESIRE wasn’t fragrant in the beginning for me, recently it has been.

NEPTUNE

Ahh I just noticed you said STRONG not moderate scent! oops well, it's been a long day... RI is definitely only moderate.

I agree that Oklahoma is amazingly strong--when my last one died I went and got another, for the scent and non-fading dark red!

Thanks everyone....

Vaporvac, I do grow Sugar Moon. It is one of my most fragrant HTs. However, it HATES my wind.... after I get 30 mile an hour winds it always has at least one or two large canes to get canker.

Sara_Ann... I have two Neil Diamonds both are growing backwards.... GRRR.... because that is my absolute favorite HT..... though it is growing backwards and has been, some of my healthier HT's like Veteran's Honor just up and kicked the bucket.... which is making me rethink my garden.... why not just get the ones like Neil and if it dies it dies.... just replace.... But that said, the old saying Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice....... should I really go ahead and go for it.... hoping that I can get a good healthy bush..... or just go on to the next rose.... dilemmas.

I also have The Mc Cartney.... This is a HUGE bush for me.... It can go to 9 x 5 .... it does have lots of great scented roses..... I also have Beverly.... Oh my it smells great!!!! The Chili Thrips love it.... I don't know if yo have been following the thread about the ornamental peppers.... I can't wait to get a pepper plant set out next to her...... Though I also have to confess.... I have her grouped with my David Austins because it looks more like an English rose instead of the high center HT..... but it might be because of my hot humid climate.... Is Royal Amethyst color true to the picture you posted????? That is stunning. I don't think I have ever seen a rose in true life that purple.... very pretty.

Kathy_C, your Red Intution is beautiful. I haven't found it on fortuniana.... I did have it's sport Pink Intuition.... but it was one of the ones that gave up the ghosts..... I thought it was beautiful.... but it grew backwards till it died.... Have you had any experience with it...... Mine PI did not have any scent..... at least that I could detect.... how prolific is it....

Sharon, sounds like some of your roses can get really big! I hope my Neil Diamond continues to do good, I love it so far. That photo of Royal Amethyst is pretty accurate. There really are some great, fragrant Hybrid Teas, Good luck with your experiment trying to get rid of the Chili Thrips.

Do you grow Bewitched? It’s an older one, still one of my favorites. Another one is Forgotten Dreams. Both are fragrant.

BEWITCHED

FORGOTTEN DREAMS

Sara Ann, yikes, your Double Delight and your Neil Diamond took my breath away! I have Double Delight ordered

I truly hope it is as beautiful as yours

Sharon. why are you losing roses? Too hot., too cold, too dry, too humid?

Did I miss your Zone?

Sharon, if you are in zone 6 or warmer, you might consider Frederic Mistral, an offspring of The McCartney Rose. It has a wonderful fragrance. Diane

Kristine, thank you for Complimenting my Double Delight and Neil Diamond. Those are both fun roses for me. How does your Memorial Day perform? I planted one this year, it got a slow start, just hope it does good, I love that one.

Diane, your Frederic Mistral is huge, mine is doing okay, but not anything like yours, love the blooms though.

Sara_ann I had forgotten about Bewitched. I never see it on fortuniana.... but it is related to Tiffany somehow. I absolutely LOVE the scent of Tiffany. I have Tiffany in a pot. It is on Dr. Huey..... and did horrible ... grew backwards.... I dug it up and put it a pot and is doing fine. It really isn't too prolific for me, but I am not sure if it is because it got stunted from being in the ground or what.... I have the opportunity of getting it on fort now.... can you tell me if yours is prolific... I don't want to put something stingy in the ground, but I would not want to be without this wonderfully scented rose...... I wish I could get my Neil Diamond to be a good plant....

Nandoll, I was not aware of Frederic Mistral . Thank you for putting that one on my radar. It does look beautiful.... And if the scent is anything like The McCartney it should be a winner for me.... I will have to see if I can find it on fortuniana.... "keeping fingers" crossed

Kathy C. I do love Oklahoma's scent. I have one in a pot because it is on Dr. Huey. Here in my zone it does not seem to get the nice HT shape that his relative Mr. Lincoln does, but for the life of me I can't smell Mr. Lincoln.... but I definitely LOVE my Oklahoma.... I think they are related.... I have another of their relative - Chrysler Imperial.... OH MY..... when that blooms it is swoon worthy.... it doesn't give me very long stems.... originally I was disappointed, but now I just put them in a bowl of water..... They make the house smell so good.

I will add my vote for Oklahoma, very nice fragrance. And then Love's Promise (Matilda),

and Velvet Fragrance

and Electron

Sara Ann, for some reason my Memorial day got really tall last year, like 8 feet tall. It didn't get very wide just tall. It has been such a healthy rose that definitely wafts fragrance.

After seeing your Double Delight I am so excited. I don't know why I have never grown that one.

Kathy, Oklahoma is one of my favorites. Last year I moved it and it got lots of blooms but they either fried or blew quickly. I am looking forward to what she does this year.

Diane, Fredrick is a gorgeous rose. Beautiful .

Ok,, not to sound too lame but what does growing backwards ?

Is it when the blooms face the fence instead of outward ?

If that is what it means my Fiji does that.

Kristine, I am very familiar with "growing backwards" having lived North. Plants could barely hang on, and eventually peter out if they weren't hardy enough to thrive. Here, it could happen if the conditions were too hot or too dry. So great you have not suffered with this sad rose fate. It is really hard to watch.

Sharon, I've seen ND growing like a weed in Colorado, in front of a restaurant no less. It's seems to do great everywhere I've seen it there, so I wonder if it prefers dry heat and high sun. It sure smelled great! Mossy, those are spectacular and ones not often mentioned. I always think of Electron as a more hot pink. What a colour regardless! Velvet Fragrance is exquisite.

Kristine, Sheila is right that you are lucky never to have had your roses "grow backwards". I've had it on a few that were ill-placed and pushing their zone. From fairly robust first year plants they experienced die-back the next year. and often weren't strong enough going into the next winter even if hardy to my zone. I now know to immediately replant into full sun in the best part of my yard if I want them to survive. Potting up has sometimes helped, but I'm a poor pot pet mom.

Sharon, I’m guessing you prefer Fortuniana. Here are a few that are available on fortuniana, that are fragrant.

LEMON SPICE

BUXOM BEAUTY

GRANADA

STEPHEN’S BIG PURPLE

New Zealand has an outstanding sweet fragrance, and the blooms light up the garden.

Sheer Bliss is very elegant with a lovely fragrance as well.

Pretty Lady Rose is dark pink, fragrant with good repeat bloom. This photo on Helpmefind shows it at the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden: Pretty Lady Rose

New Zealand

Pretty Lady Rose

@sharon2079 I just noticed I didnt respond to your comment. Unfortunately I do not have any experience with PI. I would say that here RI is very prolific -- it is very tall and always has blooms on it. It even blooms at Christmas (although I am in a warmer spot than you) and then we have these beautiful red blooms for the dining table!

My Neil Diamond was sp’d. Pretty Lady Rose met the shovel, too. They grew backwards, too.

Nandoll..... I decided to try Fredric Mistral on own root.... after all I did have some supposedly good disease resistant roses on fortuniana and they croaked... so why not try something else.... I ordered it from Reverance for Roses....

Pretty Lady rose

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Kristine your Pretty Lady is definitely pretty......

Thanks Sharon. she is a trouble free rose with lots of blooms

I am not sure where you are, but Fragrant Cloud and Lasting Love are both quite fragrant and reasonably high-centered.

The_bustopher.... I have only one Fragrant Cloud left..... it is on Dr. Huey in a pot..... my fortuiana version of it croaked like so many of my other HT's this summer. I hope to always have at least one bush of it because that and Double Delight are my husband's two favorite bushes.... Ironically I do not find Fragrant Cloud to be fragrant.... I can't smell it to save my soul. One even one the most fragrant at our rose society show.... but for me it was nada.... can't smell it.... but it sure is pretty.... but it is a BS magnet here in South Florida even with a spray program it still gets BS.

Fragrant cloud does not smell to me until the weather is below 75 F . Mine is 3 years in the ground on Fort and has BS very little now , I spray regularly .