Hi Djupdiva, and welcome to the forum! I haven't heard much about Nearly Wild, so I'm not sure about it's stats, but from the name, it sure sounds like it should be hardy enough.;^)

I have two John Davis', and I don't do a thing for them. They may get a bit of water during a dry spell, and might get fertilized once during the season, but that's it. Mind you, they only get to about 4.5' tall, so maybe if I babyed them a little more, they'd do better.

Enjoy the forum. There's a lot of good information and people here.:0)

Laurie

Nearly Wild is a rose that I had in my hand a few years back but I left it where it was. I'm kicking my butt now because I haven't been able to find it since.
It is one of the oldest floribunda's and one of the hardiest.(listed as a zone 4) It is a baby rose growing to 1 1/2' to 2' tall. So make sure you put him in the front of your bed.
Just make sure that when you plant this one that you plant it about 6" deeper than the rootball.

Shelley

We've had two of them for about a decade. They are reliable performers. They die back about 75% each year but come back no problem. We have ours in a less than ideal exposure but they still have a modest amount of blooms. They stay very compact and are the smallest of the non-native roses in our garden.

As for finding them, I see them often at Walmart, etc. for 6.99 to 9.99 or so. The name isn't to do with hardiness but the resemblance to native roses. They would be a good choice for a modest slope with a couple hours a day of direct sun.

Thanks to sazzyrose, alpiner, and laurie for your quick replies. My husband is already giving me grief for turning the computer on at 10:00 to log in to the gardening forum. It was already an obsession, now it just gets fed more often by others equally as obsessed! It's nice to know I'm not the only one paging through my books in January, dreaming of spring...and then it's upon you, and it's so brief that you get frazzled what with trying to get everything in, and divided, and replaced (or just digging up some more lawn surreptitiously under cover of darkness).
I put my Nearly Wild at the front of my two-tiered railroad tie terrace right next to some June grass and a butterfly bush that I'll probably have to treat as an annual.
Any tips for that, by the way? It's a Purple Prince and I bought it this spring when it was about 1' tall. It has yet to bloom.

I seen "nearly wild" at home depot.Looked at them was very tempted but passed on them..Have to save something for next year...lol..savona

"It's nice to know I'm not the only one paging through my books in January, dreaming of spring...and then it's upon you, and it's so brief that you get frazzled what with trying to get everything in, and divided, and replaced (or just digging up some more lawn surreptitiously under cover of darkness)."

Ooohhhh, you're in the right place all right, and with lots of company!!LOL

Sorry, my butterfly bush experience wasn't a good one for over-wintering, but I'm sure you could pot it up and stick it in a cold room for the winter.

There are a few of us here that are obsessed so to speak in the gardening area. I'm already making a list for next springs purchases.

Shelley

I have found that where we live, the buddleia bush does not survive the winter. I have started them from seed before and think I will have to do that from now on. When I started them in Jan., they were 3' high by fall and had lots of flowers. Usually I buy the seeds and I will have to next year because none of mine made it through the winter, but after that I will start collecting seeds from my plants. When I start them next year, I may take one up in the fall and try to overwinter it inside. Marg