Some of my favorite roses are red and white bicolors. Besides Snowfire, other examples growing in my garden are: Love, Ronald Reagan (RR), Carefree Spirit (Carefree Spirit is a single flowered variety, and therefore somewhat difficult to use for direct comparisons with Snowfire). Comparisons below are from my garden observations:

In my garden, Snowfire demonstrates superior color contrast to the others. The red petals with white reverse are vividly defined. The red is a bright warm red, almost scarlet, with no hint of bluing as the flower ages. I see crimson, not scarlet, in Love and RR.

The unfurling bud is attractive, but not shaped as nicely as Love or RR. It puts on a great show in late May early June rose season, not much after.

The bush grows upright, which is a good thing, because it has nasty thorns. I've let mine grow to about six feet. A good back of the border rose.

In my SE PA garden, disease resistance has been about average. It needs its fair share of spraying in hot, humid weather.

To me, a very slight tea fragrance, but perhaps I'm letting my imagination take over.

For its color and June display, I wouldn't be without it.

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This rose is famous for its vicious thorns. They're huge and nasty, but the blooms are beautiful, so the rose is worth growing, but never on the edge of a flower bed where it might injure someone walking by.

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