Cricket Hill Gardens sells garden umbrellas to protect flowers. While they specialize in peonies, I don't think they would mind if you used them for roses.

Here is a link that might be useful: Garden umbrellas

zack

Interesting idea. I wonder if they come with some kind of a stand to keep them from blowing over?

Gosh, my Lilac Rose has SO many petals that the least bit of rain catches in the blooms and sends them downward.

I would have a hard time giving them umbrellas, though. My neighbors would REALLY think I am nuts, lol!

Hah! I used to consider growing the most rain sensitive roses under some sort of cover-that was back when I had way fewer roses. It can be so frustrating here losing the spring bloom to weeks of rain. I thought of a trellis with a solid roof-doesnt always rain 'down' though...

patricia

I use those polystyrene foam boards that they use for packaging. I just stick a bamboo pole in the ground and stick the polystyrene foam board on top, slightly slanted to one side to shed water. (Try not to pierce the pole all the way through the thickness of the board - otherwise, it may just slide down the pole.) It is light and easy to store away. It can be taken down easily. I can get it up as high as the longest poles that I have (the highest that I have installed these "umbrellas" was 12 feet - for a climber.) Best of all, it's free!

You should see my garden in the week leading to the rose show. It's a garden of polystyrene foam umbrellas!

Now, if I were showing that would be a whole different ball game. Great idea, cactusjoe!