What beautiful roses. I am always interested in roses that thrive in zone 5 or below. I am zone 6a, but try to stick to plants hardy to zone 5.
My current rose gardening mantra is "no more dead sticks" which I mutter while passing the sales on "body bag" roses at the big box stores.
Although this year the store stock is mostly knockouts. I understand the appeal, but the colors and form aren't for me. I have Radler's coral colored Carefree Celebration and like it. It blooms non stop in a tough part of the garden. It had its first bloom today, but the picture didn't come out. I'll try again this evening. I am keeping my eyes pealed for Kordes's Electric Blanket. I found some other blanket roses last year on sale around this time, but they didn't have the electric one.
