Balls and formal decoratives tend to last the longest in a vase.
A few of my faves (floriferous is a requirement in my garden)- Cecil, Brown Sugar, All That Jazz, Mystique, Ferncliff Thunder, Maarn, Peaches N Cream, Lakeview Lucky, NTAC Mia Li, Valley Porcupine, Blizzard, Hy Suntan, Jowey Winnie, Woodland's Merinda, Bloomquist Jean, Irish Blackhart, and River's Rosebud.