Ok, well call me the Good News / Bad News girl. Good News: the most fragrant rose that I have ever smelled is Color Magic (an HT). I planted one by my former back door and was so amazed that I planted two more. Magnificent wafts of fragrance as soon as I opened the door ~20' away, and that's with avg. coastal SoCal humidity, not Florida. YMMV, but I also loved the GIANT, mutable blooms which, even when cut fully open last a week in the house. ONE bloom will *completely* fill a LARGE room with sweet, sweet fragrance. Bad News: It could bloom more (or I could fertilize more). BUT, more important, it really would have done better for me with regular spray for mildew. Rust is not that big a deal, plant-wise, but in my experience, mildew will debilitate and kill it over time. It's a bloody shame, as Suzy would say. If you spray and have a cutting bed, this is a keeper. More Bad News: You will need to cross-reference mildew susceptibility for the fragrance suggestions above if you do not spray regularly. In particular, Double Delight: 2+ mildew; 4+ rust Rouge Royale: 4+ mildew even in 9% humidity in SoCal Mtns, don't bother Freddy Mistral, Sonia Rykiel: lovely but gone because I didn't spray Fragrant Cloud (and most anything orange) & Tiffany: 4+ mildew Good News: GramHat & Golden Celebration are bullet proof and I could not recommend them more. GramHat is pink, floppy and old-fashioned in fragrance and form, while GC, to me, is such a happy looking bush in bloom, no doubt due to my reaction to yellow, and also has very good fragrance and will try to fill a room. Blooms will blow faster, but it's a great repeater in this area. Good News: Anything Jeri recommends. Seriously. Good Hunting!

I am having similar problem with my Judy Garland, if I understand you correctly. This is how they look currently http://www.flickr.com/photos/77626826@N06/7121365899/ Normally they look bright , brilliant and very beautiful. I had to remove them from the bush and hope that the next batch of flowers will be back to normal. But I am really anxious to find out if anybody have a solution to this! Here is a link that might be useful: Judy Garland

Sitting here perusing the forum, I just read the title of your topic, Christopher, and suddenly realized I am at this very moment totally surrounded by the aroma of a single cut flower from an amazing wafter: 'Lemon Spice'. It also wafts outdoors, at least to 6 feet. This is a great hybrid tea for me: good, sturdy, 5' x 4' bush on its own roots, blooms well, heat tolerant, perfect foliage (if it does blackspot, it hardly does for me, and really susceptible roses, like the Pernetianas will, even here, during the spring), and beautiful flower form at all stages. Lasts days in a vase. I bought this as a band from Vintage at the Celebration of Old Roses maybe 6 years ago or so -- somewhat doubtfully as I had heard somewhere that it did not make a good or strong bush. Well, it is has done wonderfully for me and I am totally sold on this one -- on my list of top ten, if not top five, favorites. Now, how it might do in your area, I don't know...

Thank you Vapor for your kind words. Sautesmom, I have Elle just a year old, but yours is beautiful and I'm looking forward to seeing mine grow. Paul, Marianne is a stunner as well as Konigen von Danemark. I have Etienne of yours and he is doing great! I've been trying for a while to get my hands on Joyce and Marianne with no luck unfortunately. If you know who grows these beauties, I'd love to hear about it. Thank you everyone for your thoughtful suggestions! It's back to helpmefind to look these up.