I am no expert, but I did see on an earlier thread that the Delbard rose Madame Bovary has been doing quite well in a no spray garden. One good thing about the Delbard roses are they have a wonderful and usually strong scent. Or you may just want to call them and ask for recommendations.

Good luck and what a great way to help introduce others to roses.

I was going to suggest asking Trish to give you some ideas

Thanks for the suggestion to call them. I will, but wanted to get ya'll thoughts as well.

Madame Bovary was beautiful, but I'm thinking something smaller would be better. Does anyone have any other suggestions of what they've really liked in their garden? Definitely fragrant, though. thanks for any thoughts.

Shameless Duchesse, getting us all to comb through Ashdown's availability list one more time ; )

Something small, fragrant and no spray? It's not an antique but perhaps Floral Fairytale? But i am no real help to you-don't grow it myself.

Now that St. Ethelsberg looks wonderful but HMF doesn't even hint at disease resistance, hmmm...

Etoile de Mai and Pink Pet are two I have and like. They're both small so far.

Mary

You know, I believe they have coming up available a rose I love, which
was bred by Sean McCann.

The name is 'Kilkea Castle':
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Jeri

Every time I see Trish she raves about J.C. Thornton. She tells me it is a bloom machine. I almost picked one up this past Saturday but then she started talking nice about Blumenschmidt so that one followed me home.

I'd ask her...she knows!

:::Now that St. Ethelsberg looks wonderful but HMF doesn't even hint at disease resistance, hmmm...:::

According to the folks in Europe St Ethelburga is very disease resistant.

Carole

Jeri,
Your 'Kilkea Castle's a very pretty rose,
is it fragrant?
Thanks,
Lux.

Duchesse

I just read my email today and Ashdown has a few more that you might condsider as they both are not big. You might what to look at the Kordes rose Cubana as they said it is very hardy and quite stunning.

Just a thought as you are thinking of smaller roses.

I know I am adding Cubana to my list as well as one or two of the Delbard Mini-Floras.

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I bought Lion's Rose above two springs ago along with Floral Fairy Tale aka Sangerhausen Jubilee. Both roses have remained clean this year in my no spray garden. Lion's rose is about 4.5 feet and Sangerhausen is about 2 feet. The rose midge in my garden don't prevent LR from blooming but I've seen very few on SJ because of the midge.

I bought both from Ashdown.
Barbara

Arethusa. Healthy, fragrant, blooms all the time :-)

Carol

Oh yes, I have to agree with Carol. Until RRD claimed my Arethusa, it was always in bloom and a really clean rose.

Lion's Rose and SJ are both good moderns, but for a small antique, you cannot beat Arethusa.

Barbara

Sorry for waiting so long to respond, ya'll. I've just had a hard time trying to decide! I finally ordered a Sweet Emely for the auction rose, one of the Kordes ADR's. Very small, pink floribunda. I finally decided on the Kordes rather than Arethusa because I thought they might be more willing to try a pink than an apricot.

I'm also trying some of them for myself, Golden Fairytale, Innocencia and Sweet Emely. It's so hard when you want at least one of everything and three of a lot of them.

Thanks for all the help. Gean