I am kind of new to gardening but I do have some roses that did very well through the winter last year. I will give you a list of everything that I had though last winter

Kordes Perfecta, it didnt even slow it down, barely any pruning required. I think it was made in Germany so the cold dont bother it.

Her Magisty- That one did have a little pruning after the winter but is doing fine

Blue girl- It fared about as well as Her Magisty

Knock out roses- They are animals lol, they grow FAST and you cant kill them, or I havent been able to. My dog has even ran through them and broken a few branches off and they keep growing like nothing happened. I have 10 of them and they are a mass of color. I am going to plant the blushing knockout roses this year.

You mentioned flower carpet roses, yep they did very well, I didnt loose a one last winter.

JP baby blanket tree rose. One of mine did great, the other one, up and died. It had already had leaves and everything and just died. I dont know why or if the winter had anything to do with it.

This year I planted a HUGE amount of hybrid teas and Grandiflora roses, and a few English roses. Maybe next spring I can give you a bigger list of what survived the winter.

Thanks for the suggestions. I will check them out. I read lots of good reports on the KnockOuts.

Do you find fall or spring planting best?

Susy

I will tell you the story of my Knock Out roses. I dont think it matters when you plant them things, this is why.

I got mine about this time last year, maybe a little later than this time last year. Yes I know thats late for planting roses.

They were on clearance at Lowes and looked like they were dead. They costed a whole dollar a pot so I figured what do I have to loose? If they die, then I loose nothing. I got 10 of them and planted them with the cow poop/humus mix from they sell at Walmart and just watered them and gave them mirical grow every week or so. I also pruned off anything that looked dead and just mulched them, and thats it. They grew a lot last year, but this year, they have really taken off. They are really amazing and bloom like crazy. I have kids and dogs and a cat that loves to sleep under them and they just shrug it all off. They were so easy to grow I think you could just throw them at the ground and they would take off LOL.

They are awesome with blackspot too. None of them have ever gotten blackspot, I fight blackspot non stop with most of my roses but them Knock Outs never seem to get it. I am going to get some of the new blushing Knock outs, I just love the color.

Thanks for replying--they sound easy enough to grow and I like the idea of no Black Spot!!