I will add that mine is near the hot street so it could be that the roots of mine have gone under the street. It still grows well.

Wow Erasmus yours is a beautiful thing. I have never grown this beautiful plant myself but I really want to try it now. I hope it gets huge (that’s a low traffic area of their yard so they would love it if it did. They love love roses but have had a very difficult time with them. The Austin’s grafted on Huey won’t grow and the Kordes own root won’t bloom. I suggested it was time to try some older warm zone loving varieties and fort rootstock. Their soil is not good (all rocky coral and sand), but my dad dug huge holes and added potting solid to help.

That looks very much like 'Mrs. B.R. Cant' I grew years ago, so I'd say yes - that's a very likely ID.

Thank you Paul very much! I am going to give them one of the Mel’s Heritage babies I got from you to see how it does there.

It's funny how some old roses don't really need much in the way of improvement. I think Mrs. BR Cant would be good for a beginner. Do you know if there are nematodes in the soil in Miami? If so roses grafted on Fortuniana might work out better for them. Maybe some Floridians could chime in about how own root roses do in nematode areas. I think Angel Gardens and Rose Petals, both in FL, offer own root so it must do fine in some parts of FL. Your parents' plant looks like it's doing fine.

Madame Lombard would be good for a beginner too...really quite a few teas, Chinas and Noisettes are easy care and since it's warm enough in Miami would be perfect for them.

Mme. Lombard gets huge.

Mrs B R Cant..she smells like candy♡

Thank you Erasmus. I am not certain if they have nematodes in Miami but I am attributing the endless failures of Dr. Huey to them. All the roses on fort are doing well as well as Mrs. Dudley Cross and Peggy Martin own root. They are going to remove all the other roses in their yard that aren’t doing well and start over. I greatly appreciate the recommendations because I’ll make a list and order them for them.

Sultry those blooms are so lovely. Do you have any recommendations for healthy own root for Florida? Do you have nematodes?

dianela, I am in a 8b/9a in the N FL Panhandle. Our soil is a loamy sand with orange clay 2 ft down. It is hilly here and 40 min to the Gulf (but closer as the crow flies lol) We dont have as many nematodes as most of Florida. I had morevnematode issues at our old place in NE FL very near the Atlantic Ocean. It was much more sandy there.

All of the teas and Noisettes that I have tried do well own root. Some Austins that I have 'own root' do well..like Tess of the d'Ubervilles. She is a monster. Really, all of my potted own root Austins grow roots through the pots into the ground and do well. I have 2 own root Quick Silvers that really took off after the first year and are healthy. Sombreuil Cl did well at my old house own root. Laguna is a beast own root. Penelope, Crepuscule, & Glorie des Rosomanes do excellent own root here and at my old place. Cecile Brunner Spray is doing well too. I am told many Hybrid Musks do well in FL, own root.

Have you read the online blog, by sherry (a past gw poster): If only sweat were irrigation? She lives further South than I do, in FL. She had some lists on her blog on which roses do well here. I found them very helpful.

Raspberry Cream Twirl is own root here and very vigorous. I had here in ground at the old place, I moved her here and put her in the ground and she hasn't skipped a beat.

I saw a Mutabilis rose at The Jacksonville Zoo that was just massive own root and gorgeous! I keep meaning to get one.

I had a Miracle on the Hudson Rose own root in Jacksonville. It was own root and 5ft tall by 5ft wide and so healthy. I loved that rose. Bees, Hummingbirds, and butterflies loved the huge single red flowers. I didnt bring it, so I will have to start over. I figured it would be easy to find locally. It isnt lol.