I had planted this rose soon after it was made available in Canada and only got the one season out of it before it perished the following snowless winter ... though, sure did produce a few very nice blooms before it bit the dust.

Great photos PNR !!

Thank you Twors, I must be extremely lucky to have it survive in the slightly colder zone here. It has consistently died back to the ground each year so far, even with the super mild winter last year, and with originally planting it 6-8" deep. Hopefully it will last many more years. I love how the blooms change colour, the newer ones are a deeper yellow, here are a few photos of a newer bloom from yesterday:

My problem was that I had presumed the rose to be somewhat hardier and I hadn't planted it deep enough. Otherwise, this region "usually" receives a decent amount of snow and I seldom have trouble wintering borderline "hardy" roses ... I'll have to give 'Rugelda' another try!

Yes it certainly is one of my less hardy roses, although the vigor more than makes up for it! The neighbors must think I'm a bit batty digging such deep rose holes, I must look like I'm burying something special. I remember planting it and thinking of how silly it looked as the plant was quite short at the time, most of it was underground!

Kevin Parr, maybe, you might wish to show photos of some of your large and wonderful rose collection, I am sure you have many varieties that have not made their way to North America. My winters are to -40 C, very cold, only the most hardy of roses will survive and thrive without winter protection .... though, I do have some tender roses, I plant these deeply and hill up with soil for the winter. I also breed hardy roses to endure the bitter cold, below are some of them.

Mine are Alba Centifolia Musk and Moss roses.John Davis John Cabot and such climbers. Many ramblers such as Pauls Hymalain musk rose and even New Dawn stand minus 34c . Minus 40c dear gardener i cannot comment on. You live in gardening on very edge . I thought it hard here to find so many hardy types .I cross bred a few over the last 7 years and some are hardier than hard nails .No names but bred from Alba Maxima father . John Davis mother and back again to Rambler Parsons snow drift or called in UK Rambling Rector . One outcome gave me a massive cream to pink rambler that flowers most of summer and today stands mighty over gazebo in fountain garden .

Kevin, it's exciting you also have bred roses, a rewarding and at times consuming hobby of mine. I did not realize the hardiness of 'New Dawn', could be good for a bit of my own breeding. Indeed, the Canadian prairie is a very challenging zone that much restricts the diversity of plant selection to be grown. Below is 'John Davis' as the rose had stood upon my south facing veranda, then came the leaf defoliating disease cercospora that I decided best to remove the specimen for something of less maintenance. 'Therese Bugnet' is very fine and long blooming rose that was developed and only miles from here.

Yes i have Therese Bugnet in one of my flower borders .Good old rose it is. Bugnet a French grower pushed out 5 really good hardy roses .All named after his daughters and wife . Hard to find as now England cannot trade outside of nation owing to silly vote on Brexit . Seems the search for roses is made even harder today. As fact roses from Morden research lab in Canada will not trade with Europe . I will endeavor to photo gardens this summer and send some to you. Not totally great at sending anything over internet .I made mistake as lawyer busy with clients in England .Passed all to my team of skilled secs never ventured to learn much on internet .Now retired in Europe it was sharp learning curve to build house and learn internet skills . God bless will see this trough . Yours Sir K

Hi FrozeBudd! I am only re-surfacing and just saw your photo of John Davis - WOW! That is STUNNING! So sorry to hear about the disease.... sigh! I just planted one in a half shade location. I hope it will do well! But I was so tempted that I just had to try it there...

As for Therese Bugnet - I am convinced that I MUST have one now! I am going to get these rare "smelly" roses for our climate!!! LOL! TB is one of them. I planted a couple of these Pavement Roses last year and oh my goodness, their fragrance is heavenly! I am so glad that I got them! Now I must lay my fingers on a TB this season.... LOL!

BTW, Froze Budd, what are those amazing roses that you showed us above please? The yellow, pink and blush ones? They looked AMAZING! Thanks!!!

Ostrich, being developed just a short jaunt NW of Edmonton, 'Therese Bugnet' sure is a wonderful cold hardy rose! I'm also a big fan of some of the Pavement roses, I think the one I have is 'Purple Payment', though not fully sure, it's a compact thing of about 3.5 ft that flowers all summer, awesome fragrant! Has some suckers that I'll move about the place.

The first of my photos shown is 'Empowerment', it's commercially available, have seen available here and there about the Edmonton region. It's a rose I hybridized over 30 years ago, the original plant was STILL going strong this spring! The rose is a bit unique in that it performs best when cut but to within an inch or just slightly more above the ground each spring. Flowers are very long lasting and fade resistance, light raspberry fragrance, it's not a continuous heavy bloomer, though a good feeding as the first flush finishes up with encourage repeat. In our climate, is best to plant with 2 inches of stem below ground. Here's a link to it on HMF. 'Empowerment' rose

The next photo is a cross between 'John Davis' and 'Morden Sunrise', has shapely long lasting blooms, flowers for most of the summer. From 'John Davis' it has inherited lack of cercospora resistance, it is not commercially available as nether are any of the following. The pink with white center is a strong vigorous plant, good disease resistance and long flowering. The light pink to white rose is a bit of a true gem, continuous flowering, has three heavy flushes per season, in very wet summers has some disease pressure, otherwise a beauty that should be released. The full darker pink is a strong grower that repeats moderately well, very disease resistant. Last, but not least, a repeat flowering spinosissima hybrid not quite adequately hardy for my acreage yard, individual blooms drop quickly on this one and has a funky fragrance as well.

FB, thank you thank you! I really must get a TB!!! LOL!

Oh my gosh, now I remembered you talking about the Empowerment Rose! I saw some of them in Canadian Tire a couple of years ago but then they were in very sad state so I didn't buy any, but I have not seen any since!

The cross between John Davis and Morden Sunrise is GORGEOUS! I love that colour! I have always been a fan of John Davis, but my Morden Sunrise did not do well for me when I was in Calgary. This hybrid is sharp!

BTW, FB, do you have any recommendation as to where I can buy healthy and well taken care of potted roses from around Edmonton please? Most places I have seen have them in absolutely atrocious condition! This includes some very well-known and expensive greenhouses too!!! I just could not believe my eyes when I saw how neglected they were...! The only place that really took great care of them was the Bonnie Doon Garden Centre, but then their selection was pretty small though, so I didn't find what I wanted.... so if you have any recommendation around Edmonton, I would really appreciate it! Thank you!

I would love rose Harrisons Yellow but USA cant ship to Europe

Ostrich, a few more photos of my yellow, the bush is not yet very vigorous after having been totally neglected, am taking much better care of it now though! Kevin Parr, I as well would love to obtain 'Harrison's Yellow', hardy yellow roses are extra special!

Not sure if this is 'Purple Pavement', but I like the bloom and size of the shrub, the fragrance as well! It has several suckers I'll take advantage to move around!

Earlier this season, I did see 'Empowerment' at Home Depot and The Big Greenhouse at Spruce Grove, though I don't know if either place has restocked .... but, I did spy some just over a week ago at Blue Grass Nursery west end, their plants in general appear to be well tended.

FB. your Harrison's Yellow is super special!!! They are GORGEOUS! I have never seen it around here.... sigh! The pandemic really has limited the variety of things that we get now. It is terrible!

BTW, I have just found a Pink Pavement at Rona's over the weekend so I snatched it right away! It was slightly neglected but after some trimming it is now looking pretty decent! I am just going to plant it by my Snow Pavement and Purple Pavement - it will make a lovely trio!

The Snow Pavement, BTW, is so vigorous! It is growing very well, the foliage is healthy, and the flowers are so fragrant! The pale lilac colour is very nice too. I love it!

Ostrich, the yellow I just posted above, it's my cross of 'Morden Sunrise' x 'John Davis', I certainly wasn't expecting a nice pure yellow from such a pairing, gotta love plant genetics! This rose is best suited to zone 4, when we've had milder winters it has come through green to the tips, but I always now bend it to the ground to ensure it sits insulated under the snow, it then blooms earlier upon the wintered wood. It has not been marketed due to cercospora susceptibility and slow to reflush, is though a fun rose to use in continued breeding work.

Mentioning of limited availability, AND these days, the PRICES on some things! Upright junipers, I needed to replace a couple that had been mislabeled and not growing in sync with the others. I could believe the place wanted $209.00 for 50 inch specimens, and another nursery was a good chunk more expensive for even smaller ones!

I was thinking of checking out Rona and hopefully some roses remain as well as clematis.

FrozeBudd, isn't amazing how genetics would play out!? LOL! It looks GREAT!

About the pricing of things... oh my goodness! The selection is pathetic, the quality is terrible, yet the pricing is sky high! It is TERRIBLE! If you see anything good around Edmonton, let me know!!! LOL!