That was eight years ago and I've bought hundreds and hundreds of roses in those eight years. I think the ones I like the most that I didn't have in 2006 are:
Jean Giono
Pompon Flower Circus
Koko Loco
Pomponella Fairy Tale
Aloha Hawaii
Dark Night
South Africa
Bonita Renaissance
Tom Brown
Fairest Cape
I'm probably leaving out some roses that I absolutely love. I treasure all of my David Austin roses, for instance, but they never seem to make these top 10 lists.
Incidentally, in case you're interested, my original list on that other site consisted of 55 roses. It was a response to a gardening challenge. Another member had bought a house with a large piece of property and asked which roses we would absolutely have to take with us if we had to move. She wasn't interested in climbers, so I left them out of the running. Here's what I posted at the time:
If I moved to a place with an acre of bare ground, I'd keep everything I already have on my half-acre and I'd get 500 more roses that I don't have now. If, however, I had to limit myself to 50-100, here are the ones I'd keep. I'm leaving out everything that's on your list of existing roses (and, by the way, I think you're the only other person I know who still has Spice Twice; how do these wonderful roses disappear?), I'm leaving out climbers, and I'm concentrating heavily, but not exclusively, on your favorite colors.
The only way I could even begin to make this list was by going through my photos, so there may be some wonderful roses that I love to pieces but haven't photographed and so they're slipping my mind. I'm leaving out roses that look wonderful but haven't been here long enough to judge on performance, so here's the list of the prettiest and least picky roses I'd have to have in any garden.
The 10 roses I've marked with an asterisk are ones I could never go without, even if I only had a tiny patio.
Anne Harkness
Autumn
Arizona
Belle Epoque
* Bill Warriner
Blue River
* Brass Band
Bridal Pink
Brigadoon
Brown Study
Brownie
Buff Beauty
Caramella
* Charisma
Cocktail
Condesa de Sastago
Day Breaker
Delany Sisters
Distant Drums
Dorcas
Edith Holden
* English Elegance
Fantastique
Florence Delattre
Gemini
Golden Slippers
Gypsy Dancer
* Helen Hayes
Honeysweet
Kordes' Brillant
Livin' Easy
Matangi
Medallion
Mon Cheri
Mountain Music
Nicole
* Night Time
Nimbus
Norwich Castle
Old Master
Opening Night
* Paradise
Pegasus
Penelope
Perfect Moment
Playboy
* President Herbert Hoover
* Pure Poetry
Redgold
Rio Samba
Samaritan
* Smoky
Spiced Coffee
Tradescant
Voodoo
