Your responses to this question will be interesting to all of us, I hope.
Some people will only grow roses with a fragrance, some just for color and shape, others for all 3.
Is fragrance an absolute "MUST Have" for you or will you settle for just color and shape and/or quantity of blooms ?
I only have about 50 roses due to the size of my garden. I started out only growing fragrant roses but many of the ones I liked didn't perform well in my climate. Space being a major factor in what I could grow and get the "most bang for the buck" evolved into a predominantly Floribunda collection. Some are fragrant, many are not, but what they lack in olfactory appeal is surpassed by heavy bloom production and variety of colors.
Which rose qualities do you REFUSE to "budge" on ?
