My best: Red Fairy
1. Continuous blooms
2. Continuous blooms
3. No spray, yeah!!! (real plus in bs heaven in mid Atlantic region)
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I only have one - a Mrs. Finch and it is very healthy and always has buds on it. Speaking of polys I hope someone has and comments on Orange Mothersday. It looks like a Margo Koster rose, but the ARS rating is a 9.1.

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I love Lady Reading, Lady Ann Kidwell, and Perle d'Or.

Jeri

Mevrouw Nathalie Nypels always bloomed a lot for me, while keeping a nice rounded bush shape. However, it did black spot quite a bit so I gave up on it.

The new Wing-Ding looks pretty good. I haven't had it long enough to recommend it, but it seems to bloom quite a bit.

Marie Pavié is very nice, and it's fragrant, too.

I have had Crystal Fairy and Lullaby. Lullaby has a beautiful bloom, but did not bloom nearly as much as CF. Lullaby was also much more disease prone in zone 6 CT. Crystal Fairy is a sport of The Fairy and is bulletproof. I shovel pruned Lullaby. Now, there are 3 Crystal Fairies scattered around the garden. Makes a nice contrast with red roses. Some say the blossoms occasionally have a pink tinge. I've never seen any pink on mine. Here's the link to helpmefind.
QC

Here is a link that might be useful: Crystal Fairy

Roseleaf, is red fairy a true red. Sometimes it is hard to tell in photos? Reds tend to be pinkish here in the heat.

Perle d'Or hands down
One of the only roses blooming now

Nancy,

Red Fairy is not true red like Rambling Red, and indeed turns pinkish red under the heat and when the blooms fade. The color in the photo is much pinker than they actually looked.

I only have The Fairy, but she is a bloom machine and disease free.

Two comments, from a northern gardener and perhaps not very helpful to a Florida gardener:

1) Sweet Chariot isn't usually classified as a polyantha, but it might as well be, and I would list it among the top ten garden roses of all time.

2) People who like 'The Fairy' should try 'Pink Pet'. It has larger, more attractive blooms and is even more cold-hardy and disease-resistant. It also starts blooming earlier in the season.

I loved my Marie Pavie. For one summer that is. It was a blooming machine, even in its first year (I got it as a 1-gallon size bush). But it didn't survive our winter, I don't know why, despite being rated OK for z5. I had it placed next to Carefree Delight and Country Dancer, both of which survived the winter beautifully. But the OP won't have that zone5 issue, so I would recommend Marie Pavie.

Sweet Chariot and Mountain Mignonette bloom alot. Popcorn or Gourmet Popcorn are polyantha related, I'd include them as good everbloomers. Pillow Fight is a Gourmet Popcorn seedling, and blooms a lot.

Red fairy is really pretty, Roseleaf, thanks for the photo. I must get mine out of the pot ghetto and into the ground. It's getting planted to form a heap with The Fairy.

I grew Marie Pavie when I was in central Florida. For me, it didn't do much. Stayed stunted, so I pulled it out. May have been too much root competition. Florida is tough on roses. As I recall, Pink Pet is highly recommended for that climate. I am anxious to try Wing-Ding in my zone 6 garden. It is much redder than any poly I have seen.

While we are talking about polys, can anyone report on vigor/flowering/disease resistance of Orange Mothersday?

QC