hello there =),

Where in zone6 are you. Rose performance is influenced by area. Here in zone 7b Alabama their performance is excellent. I am actually edging a side walkway myself with Apricot drifts right now. I am a huge fan of the drift series.

Your steps are a lot nicer than the area I am working on and I think the apricot drifts would look amazing. I also grow Sweet drift and it is the best performer of the bunch here. Ill look for pictures in my phone and post them for you.

here are sweet drift with popcorn and red drift. Sorry I realized I don’t have a picture that show the front view of the border. I am doing apricot drift on another area and coral drift on another one, but they were just planted so no pictures. They all have been excellent here. I fertilize with extended release fertilizer on early spring, and prune them to shape. The rest of the year they just get water and zero maintenance.

My drift roses look like this from April to October/November depending on how cold it gets. They are truly continuous bloomers.

sweet drift is my best performer, but also gets the biggest. I would recommend at least 3 feet in between for this one. In my warmer zone 7 they get to almost 4 wide.

Another options if you are open to other colors that are low growing and would look great are:

The fawn/faun rose which would be harder to find but beautiful

Polyantha Kendyl Marie which I think can only be purchased from Heirloom Roses. This one is extremely resistant to blackspot here. These are two plants, they are just starting to bloom.

Also rose The Fairy would look fantastic. Mine are still very small, but here is a link to helpmefind which is a site with amazing rose info.

The light pink is the fairy

https://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=21.158293

Good luck 👍🏽