I will try to remember to write more later when I have my keyboard with me. Sweet chariot does well for me , But my 2 favorites are Clotilde Soupert And Katerina Zymet. The latter roses a fantastic bloomer. I also find seafoam fragrant But it is thorny and will grow long canes better suited for a low fence I think. Some people don't consider it fragrant though.

Good question, Daniela. I found Little White Pet fragrant, but not a common rose scent, more of a pine/coffee scent...strange, I know, but that's how I remember it to be. Boleo can be used as a ground cover if pruned low and planted closely. As Vapor stated, Sweet Chariot is fragrant, very much so, but it was lanky in growth habit, not neat and tidy. None of the above roses were black spot free for me.

II have not yet found a black spot free and fragrant groundcover rose. Apricot Drift has a fragance, but not enough to be renown for it.

Thank you both Vapor and Moses for your responses. I am going to look into some of these. I have seafoam already and it was very blackspotty last year. Bolero got shoveled pruned for black spot issues tho I admit it would have fit the bill otherwise. It seems all my good groundcovers are not fragrant.

Appricot Drift and sweet drifts are my top contendants for the spot I am thinking of vs the fairy which I love. It is a large area covering the entire front of my new home so I was being a bit gluttonous wanting to have IT ALL :). I probably should prioritize health and rebloom for this area. My foundation is low so I cant fit anything taller than 3 feet without covering my windows too much.

Dianela,

Apricot Drift is the better of the two, IMHO. Sweet Drift's overall bush shape is creeping and somewhat lacking in uniformity. Sweet Drift's blooms are beautiful up until fully open. Then the petals quill, and the bloom loses its looks. SD can get powdery mildew, whereas Apricot Drift's shiny foliage has never had PM. Apricot Drift's flowers are beautiful in all stages. Early, full open blooms look like an English rose, but small. AD's bush form is neat, more upright, and almost clipped hedge like looking.

This is how these two performed in my garden.

BTW, White Drift is just about identical with Sweet Drift in all respects but bloom color.

I got two bushes of WD the other year, and as they mildewed before I planted them, they got pitched. My Popcorn Drifts just didn't thrive for me, after three years...going, going, gone.

I never tried any others.

Moses.

Moses thank you for your post. If you ever decide to try another one the coral drift does very well in my garden. The color is too bright for this project and that’s why it isn’t a contender here but I have them in a steep slope with no irrigation and they do great. I do love the apricot drift bloom shape the best.