Excellent!

Even more gratifying would be photo evidence of survival, now. However minor.

Congratulations!

Beautiful rose! I always look at this Rose and wonder how it would do for me. Any pictures would be appreciated. Including those showing die back.

Thanks! vaporvac what zone are you in? I can post a picture tomorrow of the die back.

My zones are supposed to show in my name but they only do through gardenweb apparently. Sorry I'm zone 6 a / B Southwest Ohio River Valley. However, I like the Zone up! Especially for climbers. Thanks for the reply.

P. S. What are your two zones showing exactly.? Do you live in two different areas?

It should be just fine where you are.

I live in zone5b and have a greenhouse that has plants in ground. Winter in there is zone 9a/b.

How do you heat the greenhouse during the winter months? Do you have a gas well? You could grow tea roses in there! I alway want a greenhouse, but the propane is pretty expensive.

Love to hear all about it too! How do you control aphids?

Thanks for the info. The electric bill would be too much for me with a heater running 24/7. It would be nice to have a gas well.

Congratulations Matt on overwintering Don Juan in zone 5! That is one that has eluded me three or four times in successively more protected areas of my yard. Usually zone 6 is its outer limit of hardiness, but it clearly likes you. I'd still do some pruning back of the tips that are blackened, and I presume you're still planning to do that. The couple of inches of live cane are definitely something we celebrate in zone 5!

Cynthia

I picked up a few new roses today. Apparently I was taking a chance because there were no hardiness zones listed on any of them. Luckily two of them are good to zone 4a and the other 6a. which is not bad.

John F Kennedy

Gold Medal

Proud land

JFK is a tender HT, I have lost more than 3 in zone 6a. Plant it in a protected spot from the cold winter wind, and make sure you plant the grafted part 2-3” below the ground. That might keep it alive.

Oh shoot! I had seen that listed on Daves garden as zone 4a. I do see 7b and warmer on a lot of sites. After I heard what you said for 6b I'd say z7b-10 would be a match. I will have to pot them for now and plant one in the greenhouse. Which might be exciting to try. Hmmm which one to plant!!

I agree with Summers that JFK isn't a particularly hardy HT, but I've been able to pull one through in my zone 6 sunny side of my house for about 5 years. I actually had worse luck with Proud Land and haven't successfully overwintered it, so that would be my nominee for the greenhouse, though I think JFK has prettier flowers. Gold Medal should be totally fine in z5, though it usually loses most of its canes over the winter.

Cynthia

Thanks all. Last years two out the front are growing nicely. The new ones are potted, all three and about to start flowering. I will transplant one in June to the GH. It will be nice to have roses flowering in Nov-Dec.

Here is an update on Don Juan right after the rain. Pretty soon it will be just roses and succulents out front.