What are the best roses to grow?

Answer 1

Hi,
Check out these sites below, they will tell you what's popular,
or most sought after and how and where to obtain the rose(s) you desire.
The people at these forum sites offer a lot of good tips and advice.
Hope this helps,
Dave

Answer 2

So many answers to this one. Depends on your location, light, your colour preference, height, climbing, rambling, tea, David Austin, etc. Advise you to get a good book. Try the library first as there are hundreds of books covering this topic - save some $.

If for a shurbury fence, rugosa is a good. Little care, very tough, scented and a variety of colours. Makes for an inpenetrable fence.

Answer 3

Not tea roses! They are very pretty but they are not very hardy. I assume you are not in the semi tropics? Mine survived the winter but got sick and died in the spring.

I have John F. Kennedy's now and they are very hardy. You can pick them up in Wal-Mart. Very cheap. Five or ten bucks depending on how late in the season.

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/roses/johnfkennedy.htm

I have a climber too that does very well. I don’t know the name. It grew to the roof of the house this year! I did manage to snake it back down the trellace (sp?) however.

Answer 4

Once you decide which rose type you want to plant (most folks will plant a hybrid tea or grandiflora), you will need to know which are the best varieties within those classifications. I not only have a listing of the best rose varieties for this area but also a POP (proof of the pudding) rating as compelled by the best rose growers in the state. Any POP rating above 8.0 is spectacular. Those rose varieties with POP above 7 are considered excellent. The best of the hybrid teas and grandifloras include:
·First Prize - a pink-blend colored rose with a long pointed bud. It is a medium sized bush that is somewhat susceptible to black spot and mildew. It is, nevertheless, one of the top rated roses in the world with a POP of 9.1.
·Color Magic - a pink blend rose with a "changing color" character with deeper colors of ivory to pink spreading and intensifying as petals are exposed to sunlight. The POP of Color Magic is 8.0.
·Fragrant Cloud - This variety produces an orange-red bloom on a medium size bush. The bloom is extremely fragrant and Fragrant Cloud rates a POP of 8.1.
·Uncle Joe (Toro)- The best of the red roses with a POP of 7.9.
·Bewitched- A medium pink rose that grows on a medium sized bush. It merits a POP of 7.2.
·Double Delight - A stunning rose which has a cream colored bloom with red edges. It is one of the most favored of all rose varieties and has a POP rating of 9.0.
·Candlelight - A deep yellow bloom which is tinged with pink especially in the fall. Blooms are produced on a tall, vigorous plant. No POP available.
·Christian Dior - A medium red bloom with an ovoid pointed bud. It has a large flower and an abundance of blooms. The POP rating is 7.1. The edges of the petals burn in hot dry settings, so it is advisable to plant where it will receive some afternoon shade.
·Queen Elizabeth - This is the most popular rose of the Grandiflora class. It has a medium pink bloom, produces an abundance of blooms and rates a POP of 9.1.
·White Masterpiece - Very large (up to 8 inches across), double centered white flower. It's POP is only 7.3 because of double-centered, non-displayable blooms.
·Montezuma - A double, deep coral-pink colored bloom with 32-40 petals. Montezuma comes very close to the grandiflora ideal with a POP of 7.1.
·Touch of Class - It is a pink blend which normally has super form. When it has been in commerce long enough to have a rating it should certainly be a POP of over 9.0.
In the floribunda category the winners are Fire King, an orange red with a POP of 7.5; Gene Boerner, a medium pink rose that grows on a very tall and bushy plant--this variety has a POP of 8.8, one of the highest rated floribunda; Little Darling, which would seem misnamed since it is an extremely tall and spreading bush with a profusion of yellow blend blooms of a hybrid tea form, has a POP of 8.8; Pink Rosette is an older variety with low height and bushy pattern of growth yet it is extremely floriferous (it is not unusual for 20-25 blooms to be on one cane; and, last but not least, Rose Parade, a pink blend bloom on a bush of medium height, has a POP of 7.7.
In the climbing rose category, the varieties Blaze (medium red), Climbing America (coral pink) and Don Juan (deep red) are recommended. Some of the best miniatures are Beauty Secret (medium red), Dreamglo (red blend), Party Girl (yellow blend), Starina (orange-red) and Starglo (white).
Miniatures have become very popular in the last few years. As a result hundreds of new cultivars have bee introduced with different results. The top five exhibition winners in the country are Jean Kenneally, a tall apricot blend with a POP of 7.9; Minnie Pearl, a tall and bushy plant with pink blend blooms and a POP 8.1; Snow Bride, a medium sized white bloom with a POP of 8.0; Party Girl, a yellow blend on a medium sized bush and a POP of 8.0; and Little Jackie, a vigorous, tall bush that produces a light petaled, orange blend bloom. Others, in order of preference, are Rainbow's End, a yellow blend on a medium sized plant and a POP of 8.0 and Starina, a small to medium, orange red whose POP is the highest in the world at 9.6. Two others that produce well in this climate are Kathy Robinson, a tall, bushy plant that has pink blend blooms with a POP of 8.7 and Over-The-Rainbow, a medium size plant with a bushy growth habit which produces a red blend colored rose with a POP of 8.5.