I don't think Quadra is fragrant, but it looks great in pictures. I like to try roses that have done well for people in colder zones than here. They may be more likely to survive the winter. My first roses didn't survive the winter, but they were big box grafted sale roses. Now that my roses are surviving more than a year, I feel more confident trying other varieties.
I grow two Canadian explorer roses - William Baffin and Jens Munk. Both are shades of dark pink. I have William Baffin growing with a Rubramargareta clematis. Jens Munk is usually one of the first roses to bloom. Both are winter hardy and disease resistant. Jens Munk doesn't like to get sprayed, typical of rugusa roses I have learned.
I grow Kordes Lavaglut, a red floribunda. NewYorkRita has a fabulous picture of a magnificent Lavaglut planting or three plants together. I grow just one. It is a young, own root plant, but it has nice blooms. It will be impressive when it "grows up."
Ironically, I don't grow a typical red hybrid tea rose. I probably should try one. Any suggestions for a red hybrid tea one 6a hardy rose, preferably one that does well own root? My favorite hybrid tea rose is Tiffany, a pink rose. I got it because my beloved late Westie's name was Tiffany. After killing two grafted specimens (and obtaining refunds) I tried an own root version that has survived two winters and counting....
