[Diana in Wisconsin]

I pulled the plug today! After getting confirmation from, 'The Chairman' who said building my two beds around the greenhouse are Priority One this spring, I ordered most of the roses that are going in the rose bed. They'll come packaged, bare root, so they won't look like much for a few seasons, but it's much more economical than buying potted roses. Here are the varieties. All are hardy to my Zone 4/5 with no need to cover, and are classified as 'Shrub' roses:

Hope For Humanity

Blanc Double De Coubert

Morden Fireglow

Morden Blush

White Meidiland Groundcover Rose

All are varieties that I had at my other farm and they're still going, unless the new owners pulled them out! Very hardy, prolific bloomers and fragrant...which is what The Perfect Rose should be!

I will also be adding purple and silver perennials in with the roses, and the groundcover rose and the Morden Blush will be in the other bed with more purples and silvers and perennial herbs. Can't wait to get digging in to this project!

I will also be adding Therese Bugnet and Hansa somewhere else on the property, which I have grown before. Both are fragrant, super-hardy and leave behind HUGE Rose Hips in the Fall for tea and jelly.

Therese Pugnet

Hansa

I cannot recommend these varieties enough for pretty much care-free roses in Zone 4/5.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

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