I tried to get St Cecilia and Betty White but they were already sold out. :(

I used to grow Rosarium Uetersen and enjoyed it. Disease resistant and a good bloomer. An unusual shade that was hard to match with neighbors though.

Tamora is just glowing gorgeousness ! ( it's a word ! Lol)

i love that rose and may see if it's still in stock . I had it in pa and it was just fantastic . It seemed to glow from across the garden

my mother had pat Austin and it was very pretty in her garden !

Out of your 14 roses listed I have Harlekin, RosariumUetersen, Honeymoon, Tamora, St. Cecelia. I planted Harlekin (band) and Rosarium Uetersen ( potted 2.5 gal ) last summer, they had pretty bad winter dieback, almost down to the ground, so they aren't cane hardy here in a garden facing the weather. Others I just got them this spring. I had 2 Pat Austin in my garden before, their blooms didn't last long, beautiful blooms though. I also ordered Betty White from RU, not here yet. :-)

I have Tamora and it's a lovely rose. I just transplanted her this April to a better spot (she was being squeezed between two boxwood, growing ever larger), and she took off without missing a beat. She had a small flush in May, and is still producing the occasional bloom. I expect more flowering when Tamora has had more time to settle in. She was from Pickering and is grafted on multiflora.

I had Pink Traviata, and unfortunately, she also was in an awful spot in my garden. She didn't grow, produced a very few blooms, but they were beautiful. In 2014, we had a premature cold blast in November, and she died back so badly I put her out of her misery. If I had to do it all over, I would have transplanted her to another spot and given her another chance. Pink Traviata was grafted onto Dr Huey, and was purchased locally.

I had two Stephens' Big Purple roses. They were from Palatine and grafted on multiflora. They were cane hardy to the tips here, and grew into beautiful big plants. But they bloomed so little, I decided they were taking up precious spaces in a top spot. Now, my newest Julia Child, Evelyn, and Olivia Rose Austin are in those spaces, and I am happier with how those roses are performing. Diane

I love my Betty White that I've had for about 4 years. It is very vigorous, and the blooms can be stunning! However, they can also be ruined by thrips. Here are some pictures.

So, as you can tell from my pictures - you need to do something about thrips. I'm going to try the blue cup method. I don't have any better pictures...but I know there have been some beautiful ones.

Carol

What a beautiful rose, Carol. The thrips damage is barely noticeable in the photos. I could show you some hideous thrips damage--Evelyn is the worst. Diane

I am wondering how to tell the difference between aphids and thrips. It rains so much here in spring, the cup thing is not realistic (for me). Maybe in summer when it dries up a bit...I was thinking coating with corn syrup? Oil doesn't last....

Corn syrup is water soluble, so it would wash off almost as soon as water hit it.

Sad to hear Harlekin isn't hardy in your zone. Mine is the most disease resistant, heat tolerant, floriferous,bloom-holding-in-heat, color - keeping, tolerant-of-gardener-who-doesn't-know-climbers, drought tolerant, over-watering tolerabt, under-feeding tolerant rose in my garden! Truly, the easiest keeper of my 30 diva princess roses!

That's good to know! Hmf lists Harlekin hardy to zone 4- although I don't antisipate it being cane hardy- very few are in MN. I dont expect it to do much climbing here but I am hoping it will at least over winter and bloom for me...

Kelly, I'm having the same cup oil experience. Cooking oils were the worst at lasting. I'm using motor oil now but I need to re-coat them once a week. Since midge is so bad this year I'm just doing it anyway. Not easy but there is nothing else I can do. Its oil the cups or no flowers. Wonder if anyone has had any luck using vaseline.

The only rose from your list that I have is Honeymoon. It's starting the second year here. I have all of the Arborose collection except Quicksilver. I have spoken to one online vendor that is sharing the same experience as mine. So I'm a bit more confident about sharing mine. So far Florentina is hands down the most vigorous for me. Honeymoon, Orange Flair and Bajazzo are very slow to do anything. Honeymoon has me worried enough that I may take it out and place it in a pot for a year or two. All have clean foliage.

Thanks, Patty. I put in Florentina this early spring. It is getting ready to bloom...Can't wait!

Patty, I got my Honeymoon as a potted bare root from Palatine on the 2nd weekend in may, now it's about 3' tall and has some buds on it. It grows pretty fast. Is yours a band? I am just wondering......,

For you guys who use cups for midge, what about duck tape? :-) it might last longer than a week..,,,...

Ok, scratch my first report. How on earth a person with rose midge problems can forget to check for that damage first is beyond me. But thats what I did. Their growth tips have unmistakable midge damage. Bajazzo now has a lateral growing from every spot on the compass. It just finished flowering for the first time and I love it. Put Cheri Kolorscape in with it. They are a perfect match up. Out of the four Honeymoon has the most midge damage. The poor baby. If the cup does not work I'm not sure she'll live.

Thanks for the duck tape idea Summer. I will say the my little white shrub rose lost its whole first flush to midge before cupping. It now has a second undamaged flush.

Hi Kelly

I have or have had all the roses you list except William Morris, and there's obviously no worries about him being hardy. I've had no trouble overwintering Harlekin and Rosarium Uetersen here in zone 5, but they're not always cane hardy so they would do better for you as shrubs than climbers. The two really iffy survivors in your zone 4 yard would be Betty White and Steven's Big Purple. I've tried twice to overwinter both of those in regular spots in my zone 5 yard and they didn't even pretend to survive the winter. I'm trying Steven's Big Purple again in my zone 6 pocket and will probably try Betty White one more time there, but for you I expect you'll have to grow those in pots and take them into shelter for the winter. The same might be true of Pink Traviata - that one is new for me this year, but Traviata only survived in my zone 6 pocket too.

Tamora, Pat Austin, Queen of Hearts, and St. Cecelia have all survived in my zone 4 pocket or other harsh spots and should do well for you. Honeymoon and Quicksilver are both new for me this year, but your more likely climbers (particularly Honeymoon - lavenders like Quicksilver tend to be less hardy).

Have fun

Cynthia

Hi Kelly,

I just wanted to chime in that when I lived and gardened in zone 4 of northern Michigan my Harlekin never had surviving cane above the snow line. That said, it did bloom its heart out for me every summer as a short 3.5 ft. shrub. It wasn't one of those climbers that sulked after being knocked back by the cold winter, but it did seem to catch on after a few years of this and stopped throwing out long canes. If you're resigned to it being a shrub and not a climber as it sounds that you are, I think you'll be happy with it.

I had Tamora there too and often pruned it right down to the soil in spring but it was always a great bloomer. Short shrub, but really pushed out the flowers.

Anne