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Ventura County, California Zone 10 Ventura County, CA  oakslesly Apr 6, 2020 10:41 AM CST |
| I live in Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, southern California, and need advice. I have room for three new roses that bloom most of the time in our heat. I am looking for disease resistant roses that are fragrant and do well as cut flowers. I love the Austin roses' form and fragrance, but most of mine are unhappy unless they receive some shade. I have had good luck with Country Dancer (Buck rose) but Earth Song was a loser for me. My McCartney rose is a giant as are Sentimental and Osiana. Yves Piaget is my best rose. All suggestions would be most appreciated. Thank you. Oakslesly Always seeking recommendations and advice. I welcome suggestions for heat loving roses with great scent, disease resistance, and long vase life. |
Coastal Southern California (Zone 13a)  jerijen Apr 6, 2020 12:44 PM CST |
| Part of the issue with Austin roses is that they cannot tolerate drought. As our climate has grown drier, they become somewhat problematical. Austin's 'Prospero' is an excellent cut flower for us, in Camarillo, as long as it gets enough water. Our approach has been to move to Tea Roses, and they work well for us at cut flowers -- Though many do "nod" to greater or lesser extent, and if you don't like that, you just don't like it. I cut most everything. 'Sombreuil,' Cl., 'Fourth of July', 'Lady Ann Kidwell' Most of the Teas, even "Ragged Robin". But to be truthful, my best cut flower rose is also my best garden rose . . . "Grandmother's Hat"    and it has the added qualities of being disease-resistant, fragrant, and blooming pretty much through the year. |
Houston, TX zone 9a       Willinator Apr 9, 2020 8:55 AM CST |
| Well Hello, I live in Houston, TX and have grown may varieties which have done very well in our very hot climate. I would recommend growing several old garden roses as they normally grow well in warm weather and of course those David Austin Roses are patterned after them. Here is a list of my favorites: 'Maggie' an old Bourbon rose 'Duchesse de Brabant' 1857 Tea rose, also known as 'Comptesse de Labarthe' 'Mrs B. R. Cant' 1901 Tea rose Cramoisi Superieur 1832 China Souvenir de la Malmaison 1843 Bourbon rose Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson |
Name: seil St Clair Shores, MI (Zone 6a)    seilMI Apr 9, 2020 5:55 PM CST |
| Not an OGR but my Julia Child is nearly in constant bloom. She is very disease resistant for me and smells good too! |
Houston, TX zone 9a Willinator Apr 13, 2020 3:44 PM CST |
| Well, I have been a very big fan of OGR's since I started growing roses Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson |
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