No. There are lots of roses which do OK in PARTIAL shade/sun, but not full shade. When I was a newbie, I tried, several times, and for some strange reason it never worked.

Jackie

Partial shade? I've had some luck with Snow Gosling. I have a hybrid musk I keep in a pot which lives in a partial shade spot.

I have 2 Wm. Baffins on the north end of my house, shaded by a huge oak tree and a redbud. They are about 10' tall and get no care. I don't think they get any sun at all. They put on a great early summer show, then bloom sporadically through the season. I'm sure they'd be happier somewhere else, but they're too big to move. The following roses are said to do ok in partial shade, but I don't know from experience.

Aloha, Renae, Aptos, Cornelia, Dortmund, Gruss an Aachen, Apothecary's Rose, Ballerina and Red Ballerina, Therese Bugnet, Stanwell Perpetual, Ghislaine de Feligonde, Darlow's Enigma and Veilchenblau. These are from a list I have been keeping for my shady areas.

Here's a picture I found on a blog, www.childrenofthecorm.blogspot.com. It is not my photo.

The blogger said this Ballerina gets less than 3 hours of sunlight a day. It looks better than mine in full sun!

Find the post on shade tolerant roses in the column on the right on her blog. She lists some that I didn't.