Does anyone have a favorite red F that grows well in a pot and always seems to be blooming?

Valentine or Bordeaux Citiscape. I have mine planted in the ground but both would do fantastic in a pot. In fact my Valentine did better when it was in a pot as it's not reliably hardy here. I'm digging it up this week and putting it in one of my prettiest pots because I really like this Rose.

Nope. But, I'll certainly follow this thread.

Thank you vaporvac. I wonder if anyone has Black Cherry in a pot. I had Europeana in a pot and it was flourishing, but ended up giving it away where it is a bright spot blooming inground now.

If you're going to try it, make it a REALLY big pot.

Big pots with any floribunda, jerijen? I thought floribundas can grow in 12" -10 gal. pots? At least that's what it shows in some of my rose books.

The bigger the pot the happier the rose. Any rose!. And the less often you will have to do any root pruning. In your climate roses in pots will need to be root pruned at least every three years if not sooner. In my climate I can get away with every 5 or 6 years because they only grow about 6 months a year. But eventually all roses will fill the pot with roots and deplete the soil so it needs replacing.

I can wait for 8 or 10 years! What a miserable climate I live in.

<<<<What a miserable climate I live in.>>>>
Anyone can repeat that after any of the multiple and various catastrophes that happen to any inhabitant in this....very beautiful world...anywhere!
Arturo

@reh0622, Rosemary ...

Does it have to be red to be a bright spot for your garden ?

I can recommend a bright yellow miniflora that just seems to glow in my garden. The name of the rose is 'Sequoia Gold'. Both MBN and I grow it in a hot climate and the intense heat doesn't seem to bother it a bit.

Rose (Rosa 'Sequoia Gold')





or maybe a red striped rose ?

Pinstripe

Rose (Rosa 'Pinstripe')

Thank you for the suggestions, Lyn. Yellow could be a possibility. I moved F. Scentimental in a pot to the area....I already moved bi-color HT Love there. Cl. Don Juan and HT Papa Meilland are there, too. In this heat, only Scentimental has a bloom starting to open. The rest seem to have gone dormant for now.

Arturo - so true!!

Lyn - that Sequoia Gold is unbelievably gorgeous!! Wowza!!

I too would recommend a Ralph Moore rose. Sequoia Gold is a fantastic rose. It is starting to rebloom (3x this year so far). In my 24 years with this rose (can't believe that bush is 24 years old!), I have rarely seen it without a bloom (unless I have cut them all off and am giving the plant a rest). BTW, that yellow color does not fade in the sun/heat--amazing!

I also have his Halo Sweetie and it is another fantastic rose. However, it is not a bright color, so I don't know if you would be interested (if you can even find this rose now-a-days). One of the mentors in my Master Gardener class used to have every one of Ralph's Halo roses. Unfortunately, she moved and left her over 400 roses behind. She just couldn't take care of them any more (advancing age). Every time I would mention mine, her eyes would light up and she would talk about them.

If you want a rose that does well in a pot and has pretty much continuous bloom and can take the heat, I would recommend Peppermint Parfait. It is not bright colors but does have some striping (pink, cream) and it is incredibly healthy. I could not believe all the blooms on it yesterday, when I would outside deadheading and also providing an all you can eat, free, personal buffet for passing mosquitoes.



Another rose I would suggest would be Kim Rupert's Little Butterfly. I think the colors would brighten up any corner. Although I don't have particular experience with this rose....yet (I am getting it next year), I know from personal experience that any of my Kim Rupert roses have been disease free, beautiful blooms, withstand the heat in my inferno yard, etc. This rose is just simply charming and reminds me of a KR NOID (my name for one of his seedlings 'Kim Rupert No ID' rose), which looks very similar--except mine has more pink tones to it. Hey, if I am willing to sacrifice the first bloom the those ugly Hoplia Beetles, it has to be a great KR rose! Burling carries it.

MBN ...

I am planning on getting Peppermint Parfait this coming year just because of your praise for the rose and it's ability to handle the heat.

The blooms on my SG do fade, if I am slow at deadheading, but there are always tons of buds coming along.

Splish Splash has SG as a seed parent and it has the same plant habit. The blooms don't age as well in the heat, but it always has prolific blooms.

Rose (Rosa 'Splish Splash')



MBN .. I was going to recommend that you add Kim Rupert to your garden.
But a word of warning ... if you grow the rose in a container, make it a WIDE container. The roots of a rose mirror the top growth. KR is a spreading plant habit in the top growth and truly needs to have room in the container for the roots to spread. I found this out the hard way. It was the ugliest rose I had ever grown in a container. I hated it, but decided to plant it out because Kim has been my rose mentor from the beginning of my rose life. Once the rose was in the ground, it was like growing another plant. It handles the heat without pause.

Rose (Rosa 'Kim Rupert')



I've truly enjoyed growing Silver Cloud ... another prolific bloomer

Rose (Rosa 'Silver Cloud')



Not all of Ralph's roses handle the heat well, but most do quite well in my garden.

I have several of Ralph's and Kim's roses in this garden and often wish I had room for more.

You might want to consider this red floribunda named Our Anniversary.
Our Anniversary - floribunda, Jalbert 2014, moderate fragrance

https://www.helpmefind.com/ros...
I have 2 planted in the ground, one in partial shade and the other in full sun. Purchased both of them from Palatine Roses, which has them listed as a "patio" rose.
https://palatineroses.com/rose...
If you look under "Browse by type" on Palatine's website it is listed as a patio rose.

This rose has great form - note the 2 tone color (violet/red)
The first photo is a photo of the whole plant in full sun.
The second photo is the rose planted in partial shade.

Thank you, Margie. I guess "patio rose" by rose sellers means it grows well in a pot! Anniversary is a very pretty rose!

You are welcome Rosemary.

The bigger the pot, the more you need a rolling plant stand...or a mule!
David

I wonder how Our Anniversary compares to Bordeaux and how its colour compares to Dark Desire? I've been looking for a short replacement for the latter, but it's hard to see how deep red it is compared to and orange red? Sorry for the OT, but OA is really pretty.

Speaking of rolling plant pots, I use these for my pots. Lets the water run through and I can move the pot around to sweep behind the plant, deadhead, weed (if necessary), move the plant to a better spot, etc. These things work and last unlike the wooden ones on wheels. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001F5RSP4/

Wow! Sorry for the long hyperlink.