Oh Zuzu, you are costing me money again!!!
One that is tops or near the top on my must have list is Easy Does It. Everyone should grow that rose.
Here's a few more I will always grow:
Cape Diamond
Belinda's Dream
Rainbow Sorbet
Christopher Marlowe
All the Rage
Jeanne la Joie
Secret
Olympiad
Cl. America
The McCartney Rose
Cinco de Mayo
4th of July
Eden
Earth Song
Moonsong
Tropicana
Dublin Bay
and Gemini, Mon Cheri, Rio Samba, Distant Drums, which were already mentioned.
My list is skewed toward shrubs and floribundas because I don't have the time or the climate for HTs. I can recommend most of the drift roses and Austins. I grow between 300-400 roses, and at least half are Austins, Drift, Knock Out, Carefree, FairyTale, or Easy Elegance roses. Easy care, disease resistant types. I buy everything Radler puts his name on. This list reflects roses I have dug up and taken with me when I moved, or that I have purchased multiple times. We have a more limited selection in stores here--I only started shopping from Palatine 4 years ago. Before that, it was whatever I could find locally or on travels, and mail order from J & P, Parks, Wayside, Edmunds. Now I'm limited to Palatine and local nurseries, but the gardens are full with as many as I can handle.
