My favorite pale pink rose is Quiteness. It has so far been BS resistant and I love the huge blooms plus the fragrance is lovely. I will try to post a pic of mine tomorrow since it just started blooming.

Hello,

Duchesse de Brabant is an Old Fashioned Rose. David Austin roses are newer roses with an old fashion or Old garden look.

The roses shown in this thread, so hybrid teas and shrubs like Belinda's Dream are Modern roses. The Antique Rose forum is in large part devoted to Old fashioned, non- modern roses.

Good luck finding a rose. To add a couple, I think that Our Lady of Guadalupe is lovely, but am unfamiliar with its disease resistance and suitability for Florida. Falling in Love is gorgeous too.

Lynn

Here's my Beverly. Quite a bit darker. Is it because I'm in a cooler zone???

Here's a nice light pink. Carole Bouquet.

Here's how my Memorial Day gets - really ruffly.

Here's Tiffany.

Here's Chandos Beauty. Can seem more white when it's warmer. The fragrance is amazing. I can't really recall (first year rose last year). I definitely could smell sweetness and cinnamon.

Probably the best one is Memorial Day. It won a fragrance award for me at the local rose show. The others are too new for me to evaluate properly.

Carol

Yes, my Beverly has been a very light pink, hoping it's a little pinker this season, might be the temps. It is a very good rose though. My Bewitched blooms are gorgeous, but my bushes don't get very big, but I would imagine on fortuniana it would be vigorous. I love Ken's picture of Baby's Blush.

Thanks for all the great suggestions !

Ken l am getting my roses from k&M too .l love the color of Baby blush .l will be asking them about it being available .

Sara Ann, Beverly looks nice but l prefer a darker pink all season .l really like Bewitched but l am afraid it might get black spot in my extremely humid weather .

Carol , thanks for the great pics .final contenders are Memorial Day and the new rose Baby blush .but l am not too fond with the ruffled look of MD .

Lynn,

Please forgive my complete ignorance about roses .l have loved roses all my life and now suddenly have a strong need to grow my own .l have been reading too much in a short period of time . Lady of Guadalupe is ideal for Florida ,l saw her at the local nursery but the color is icy pink maybe because of our heat ..

No apologies required. I think that most of us here learn something from the wealth of knowledge possessed by members of this forum; I know that I do:)

I grow Bewitched, Memorial Day, Quietness, Belinda' Dream, and Falling in Love. How much space have you allocated for this rose, because in zone 9, roses like Memorial Day can become large, as in the 7'x7' range? Belinda's Dream and Quietness can make a really decent size bush too.

Bewitched holds its color here, and does not become huge like some of the others. Tiffany and Century two hold their color quite well and also have more of a classic hybrid tea form.

Lynn

Tiffany is always fragrant and gorgeous, vigorous

Belinda's Dream is a good bloomer and healthy

Sara Ann ,

I like Tiffany but I heard she is disease prone ? also she doesn't last long on the bush ?

I have Tiffany in South Florida and gets blackspot alot. But it is on Dr. Huey and I might try it again on Fortuiana root stock to see if it has more vigor because I love the scent. I was at Cool Roses which carries lots of roses on Fortuiana as well as roses that do well in Florida on own root. They had a rose that is either a parent or a child of Tiffany called Sweet Surrender that is pink but without Tiffany's touch of yellow. It is much more disease resistant than Tiffany and will give Tiffany a run for the money, in scent. I also have Quietness, which is diesase resistant, though it might be too rufflely for you. It is an own root.

I would also check out Nahema- its scent is swoon worth. It is not rufflely but not the classic high center rose, but yet very beautiful.

Hope you find what you like.

Since you are in Florida, how far are you from West Palm? You could go to Cool Rose Nursery and check out their inventory - more than listed on their website. That way you can really get an idea of what you really like. Beware if you are an impulse buyer.... you will get more than what you thought you were going to get.... :)

Good Luck

Sharon ,

Thanks ,I will check sweet surrender . I am in orlando and did visit Nelson's nursury for Fortuniana but was overwhelmed because they had hundreds of unlabeled rose pots ! I chose randomly and then they put the labels on when I purchased . I got Chicago peace (not happy with it ,no fragrance) ,and Double Delight(good ) and perfect Moment (again not happy ,no fragrance ) . so this time around I want to buy online from K & M roses after researching .I did email cool roses a couple of times but they did not have what I asked .

Lynn,

Wow l would love to see a picture of all the light pink roses in your garden .which one is your favorite ?

I like Falling in love a lot but I read its very thorny .

I want to plant the pink rose along a walkway .l think it will have room to get big .l am also planting Kordes Dark Desire and Firefighter along with it .but the pink one will be on the edge .

Kordes wedding Bells , does any one grow this rose ?

Falling in Love is DEFINITELY thorny... Firefighter is new for me this year but unfortunately I did not take any pictures.

A Young Belinda's Dream Bloom

I cannot seem to locate the images of Bewitched, or the recent images of Memorial Day. I believe they were deleted from the disc due to poor image quality. I will need to check images saved on my other computer to be sure. Unfortunately, it has been breezy more days than not, which is horrible for taking photos.

Most of my pink roses are Old Garden Roses, followed by David Austin's.

Lynn

Have you checked out Brides Dream?? I know Nelson's carries it. Just go over and ask for it. It grows and blooms very well in Central Fl. I know. I lived and grew roses in Winter Haven for 20+ years.

You might consider The McCartney Rose--there have been reports of good BS resistance in the humid South. Mine can get powdery mildew, but may not be an issue where you live.

That Belinda's Dream looks dreamy. :) I'm glad I ordered it.

Carol

Lynn

your BD looks beautiful . I know it can grow into a huge bush in my climate ,I was considering it before.

Ken

Bride's dream looks ethereal ,but I want a darker pink shade .

Zack

I will check McCartney Rose ,the color is delicious !

Just thought I would show these pictures of Beverly, as you can see this is quite different from last year, don't know what the future blooms will look like though, I'll see. I do know this rose holds up good on the bush. Usually first year blooms aren't at their best, for me anyway. I also love The Mc Cartney Rose, sadly mine succumbed to Dr. Huey, which has nothing to do with the rose itself. I will definitely replace it.

Sara-Ann, beautiful color and form .by the way , I have decided to order Memorial Day .

Memorial Day is a very pretty pink rose, and the fragrance is great! In Zone 9, M.D. should mature to a size larger than Belinda's Dream.

http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=21.231065

Wow good to hear that .l will provide it with space to grow .

Memorial Day is a good choice too.

Ooooh I love Belinda's dream!! It's heavenly here in Florida for me I'm in brooksville not too far from Orlando. I got rid of my Beverly but it was very disease prone here even on fortuniana. but it was beautiful and still bloomed regardless of the loss of all its leaves to black spot. Memorial Day is a great bloomer always has blooms but that is also disease prone if u don't spray. Tiffany smells wonderful and has fewer petals but it's still a very nice rose grows very tall on fortuniana. Our lady of Guadeloupe is a big bloomer for me but only a light scent. Very disease resistant! As is my Belinda's dream. Do u like souvenir de la malmaison? The climber does very well here ( not the bush) brides dream is a rose to die for the blooms get humongous on fortuniana in the winter months but it is super prone to disease if u don't spray. Not much scent either. I tried Beverly and brides dream twice here and both would always become riddled with disease if I didn't keep up on my spray schedule. Belinda's dream however is always pretty clean. Strawberry hill does pretty well here but the blooms do shatter within a couple days. Blush noisette and Bonica are always loaded with blooms for me but they're a lighter pink and blush noisette is more of the icy pink I think u said u didn't want but both are disease resistant I have Bonica on fortuniana and blush noisette is own root both are always clean from fungus. A couple others always in bloom are Mary Daly and first edition but first edition is a bright orange pink I didn't car for it at first but after having her for 6 mo shes grown to be one of my favs. Alnwick ( David Austin) is also a very heavy bloomer and pretty darn vigorous on her own roots I really love that rose. I had falling in love I tried it twice it's extremely thorny very gorgeous blue hold up very well in the heat last very long on the bush and in a vase but succumb to disease so easily every time I tried growing I had falling in love I tried it twice it's extremely thorny very gorgeous blue holds up very well on the heat last very long on the bush and in a vase but succumb to disease so Easley every time I tried growing it which broke my heart! However I do have Moonstone and it's pretty disease-resistant not much of a cent for me but blooms pretty good the blooms last pretty long even in the heat here and it's pretty disease-resistant I have it on Fortuniana I plan on planting more moonstone . I also have two Belinda strea I also have two Belindas dream and I plan on buying more of her bc she's gorgeous and does so well here with such high heat n disease pressure I just love that rose!! I just purchased live Tyler pink Traviata which I heard does really well here in Florida pretty in pink Eden and Olivia Rose Austin I still have yet to see the balloons they got buds on them right now I'm so excited !! I also bought a Comte de chambord from lowes for $12 bucks got her in a pot and she took off and blooms her head off and smells so sweet!!! I get 3 to 6 blooms in a cluster and I love this rose!!! She holds up well in heat but I'm battling thrips right now :( anyways I'm rambling on and I'm probably late on this forum anyways good luck with your rose picks. :)

wow Rachel ! you have such good info on the roses for FL . Thanks . I think I will be ordering Belinda's Dream . does it get huge ? by the way how many rose bushes do you grow ?

beautiful bush & roses . but I was looking for a darker shade .

Maybe you should start a new thread that's titled, Looking for a medium to dark shade of pink. :)

I was confused when you changed your mind from your thread topic where you indicated you were looking for a light pink.

Carol

:)

sorry for the confusion . I did mention I did not want an icy pink color . I have ordered Memorial Day .

That's an awesome rose!! The fragrance is wonderful!!! It'll give you lots of flowers too!!

CArol

Hope so Carol :)

Francis Meilland is an awesome rose too! Pink, I have a bush shot I'll post of my Belinda. I'm actually not sure how big she will get here in Florida. I heard she stays around 5 ft?? but that might not be the case for us. I cut mine back a month or two ago and she needs dead heading now bc she just finished a bunch of blooms. I have one planted on each side of my dog house. One bush was planted a couple months ago still a baby and the others been in the ground for about 7 months ( the one I trimmed back pretty good) and both are growing pretty fast. U know the size they say most roses get doesn't apply to us here in Florida. Most roses can & will get much bigger here Than in other parts of the US. I will ask a friend of mine who owns a nursery in Tampa ab how big Belinda gets here ( he has her ) & I'll get back with you. Well pink rose, I'll start from the beginning. I do ramble a lot bc I text pretty fast. Plus I'm a talker, Lol. I'm a recovering addict. I have close to 4 years clean now and after I got professional help & my head on straight. I wondered why every time I bought a plant - it died within a few days. So, I started researching online and reading books I would buy. I read so much my hubby says I'm like an encyclopedia. I'm a homemaker for right now, so I do have (some) extra time on my hands. I had to find out how plants work, how they grow n what makes them thrive ect.. Not long into my reading & researching I was confident enough to start my graden. We went lowes to buy some veggie plants for my new raised garden beds we made (in St.Pete, Fl) & I came across Kordes parfuma rose collection. They had dark desire, 1st crush, summer romance & Zaide. I fell in love and bought one of each. that was the day I was " bitten by the rose bug!" My hubby owns his own business and was extatic i had found a new passion. He has no problems supporting my roses and that was 4 years ago. From that day, up until today, I've been buying roses every week. I think buying new roses is just as fun as planting n caring for the ones I already own!! After 4 years of splurging on roses my hubby does get irritated with me when I'm back from Hardins nursery on a Saturday with the trunk of my Tahoe full of roses and I spent much more than I said I was going to but he still supports me in what I do and even tho he doesn't admit it, he enjoys the roses also. I joined the Tampa rose society a few years back but since we moved to brooksville from St.Pete, I haven't been to a meeting in over 6 months. It takes over an hour to get there but I'm going to go back soon. Anyways, I end up giving many roses away every couple of months depending on how disease prone they are. In time, Ive made friends with a few people who own nurseries here in Florida and we've become close. I'm constantly picking people's brains for new information. I've only grown roses now for 4 years. So I'm far from a professional and I'm still a baby but I do know that i do spend my days outside in my yard tending to my roses and if there's a question or problem that comes to mind, or I think of something new to look up n learn about my roses, I'll get online or grab a book and read as much info on it as I can. I'm constantly reading and searching for new info to study n learn on roses. It's a very strong passion of mine. My main goal is to turn these 3 acres we bought into one gorgeous, huge rose garden. So people that drive by will stop and want to walk through my yard to see & smell all the roses. We've only lived here for 7 months now but I promised myself in the next 5 years the yard wil be exactly how I want it to be. I have approximately 300 roses right now and 7 rose trees. I have one rose garden almost complete and 3 rose beds I'm working to finish now. It's a lot of blood sweat n tears but I enjoy every minute of it!! I still have many roses still in pots but I'm working to get them into the ground! I always listen to what others who grow roses here in Florida have to say about what they've learned and what roses do best here. I myself have bought so many different varieties and have some knowledge on which ones are more disease prone or resistant. I do spray though. I try not to spray insecticides but I do spray fungicides. It's hard to grow roses here and keep it 100% organic without many roses succumbing to disease. Otherwise I would go 100% organic. I do try to keep my veggie gardens organic but my roses are a different ballgame. I pay too much money for a rose grafted onto fortuniana to allow it to die from disease. Anyways I apologize if I'm talking too much! I'll post pics of Belinda's dream and remember these haven't been in the ground long on for 6 months or so n the other maybe 3-4 months?

Here's my Belinda's dream I will post better pics as soon as I get all my pics transferred to this new cell i got. There's some really good deep pink roses I know for Florida. I have some bush shots of a couple varieties I can post when I get my pics transferred. I just literally cut all of them back.

Hi Rachel ,wow your life sounds very interesting . I was bit by the rose bug a few months ago when I saw a beautiful Mr.lincon plant full of huge red roses at my neighbor's garden .I am still collecting roses . what is your rose care routine ? soil amendments ?

Hi pink ☺️ I usually try to spray once a month or so bc I have many of the older rose varieties that tend to get black spot n mildew very quickly. Honestly I use mostly organic feed. I love alfalfa and I buy big bags of it for cheap at the feed store now that I'm in a more of a country setting. I just throw a handful of pellets under my bushes once a month or so n water in. I also use worm castings , liquid fish, liquid seaweed & I really love rose tone, I use that also.

I try to use liquid seaweed once a month but it's hard to make sure all roses get fed on time with so many bushes. I have 4 boys so sometimes I don't do it as often as I'd like

I also use magnesium sulfate instead of Epsom salts. I can't verify but I was told that's easier on the bushes than Epsom salts.

Rachel what do you think of the rose Zaide. I just got it bareroot!

Sounds like you jumped in with both feet and ready to run! That's a lot of roses in just 4 years. I would love to see pictures when you're ready to share. :)

Carol

I made a huge compost pile n I have a tumbler that I just finished filling. I use a lot of compost. I make sure before planting I amend the sand like crazy. I want to buy a shredder so I can chop up branches n garden waste. I usually throw scraps n stuff in trenches behind my roses or I bury stuff around my roses in the garden beds. We just moved here recently but I hope to build up good soil in time. When planting I till up the soil n add a bunch of bagged top soil, some composted manure (not too much) vermicompost, mix in some mulch n pine fines bc i have very sandy alkaline soil. I don't have much of a routine down I just try n feed when I can but I was told to get a log book n keep track of spray n feeding schedules which I haven't done yet , but will.

Sorry carol I didn't see ur post until after I was done rambling! Lol- I love Zaide!! I Just ordered 2 from regans nursery?? unfortunately for me, own root- : ( we have nematodes in soil here ) : Zaide is pretty, smells good n has a pretty form . I used to grow her few years ago when we moved I gave her away. Summer romance is a good rose too. Zaides little more unique compared to summer romance. Both smell good part of Kordes parfuma collection. I can't wait until my zaides get bigger! I'll share pics when I get my pics transferred over to this new phone. We've only lived here 7 - 8 mo so my roses are still babies. I left my gardens in place at the old house n have yet to see if they're still there or not

I also dug up many roses n took with in pots. It's all still work in progress. But I will post pics. I took before n after pics of these gardens n lost them on an old phone. It's very upsetting so I'm taking this new cell in to make sure these pics are transferred. This is my 3rd iPhone since we've moved here.. Long story !

Oh, that sounds great - I'd love to see pictures of your Zaide!!

Sounds like you're working hard, but enjoying the roses. :)

Carol

Thanks Rachel ! dont the boys like caring for roses ?

Lol they get annoyed with my roses. I get annoyed with them running n jumping over my bushes! All 4 have brushed against a bush or 2. Out of the 3 acres they have to play on, they always gravitate towards moms roses! Throwing the football or bouncing the basketball near them. Running around them to play tag. My poor roses have lost a couple canes or so to my boys. Lol- my second to last son, Isaiah, who's 10 today :). (has adhd & autism) is the only boy who's always interested in helping mom with her plants & roses. He knows quite a bit from helping too. I'm very pleased with him!

Rachel, just wondering how your garden is doing this year. I so enjoyed your posts; you really inspired me as a newbie to just get out there and do it.

Vaporvac- It's under serious construction right now- lol - I have so much I'm working on it's craaaazy! I only have 6-7?? Yrs of experience but I can say as a friend who cares, a little knowledge goes a LONG WAY! Ur so lucky to b in zone 6!!! I hate Florida! it has more challenges than most states bc it's a subtropical peninsula & the sand is loaded w/root knot nematodes :( and it's SOO humid, it literally rots my plants into mush! It's depressing- I feel a calling somewhere in the real country! If u have questions of any kind, big or small or if u don't understand something ab a plant ur trying to grow or a seed u want to plant - look it up & Read a little ab it :) that's how I figured out how to grow things & learned ab bugs, fungus - diseases & virus' it's so cool! we have all the info needed to garden right at our finger tips! My moms in zone 6 & grows huge veggies & dahlias! U are so lucky - everyone who doesn't live here is so lucky really - unless u like tropicals or annuals, Florida is hard to grow most pretty flowers in. Your welcome to email me anytime ! I enjoy talking to others ab gardening. I'll b more than happy to help motivate u or answer any questions for u ( if I know the answer :) crossrachel@icloud.com

i have loads of seeds too! So if ur interested in easy to grow flowers I'll b more than happy to send u some !

Rachel Cross

I hear you ! I was in Indiana last week to visit my mom and could not believe my eyes when I saw the flowers in bloom on perfect clean bushes . I was envious , because even my best flush always has a problem .

Wow! Maybe I should move to Indiana. That's definitely not the case here in Cincinnati, where it's a jungle. Lots of rain and clay loam that's nutrient rich, but limey in a river valley with high humidity and heat makes for BS city and everything other bane it seems. Having lived and gardened in many places, they all have their woes, even Belgium, where everything looked perfect hardly ever saw the sun. We don't have nematodes, at least. : )

Rachel, thank you for your offer. I'll pm or email you for sure. I adore plants, both native and "man-made monsters", as my DH loves to say. : 0