This is a new type of rose...looks like a hybrid tea but is grown on its own roots, so if you get winter die-back on the stem it will still come up from the roots. I think this is a good rose for your climate zone. Cost is $17.95, which is a bit pricey but worht it, I think.
Now that is very pretty..I love the flow of the colors...from a pinkish to a deep red.
This year I was really worried about it, and I thought I was losing it, while the Veteran's had grown to at least three times the height with multiple blossoms. Shortly after the funeral, I noticed two buds on the RR rosebush. :)