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Easily one of the most entertaining roses in my garden: flowers of vastly different colors and configurations all blooming at once.

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A comment on HMF says this rose is winter-hardy even in zones 4 and 5.

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I grew tired of the powdery mildew to which Dorothy succumbed every year after its blooming season and decided to replace all of my Dorothy Perkins roses with Super Dorothy, a rebloomer resistant to powdery mildew.

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Highly recommended rose, does well in zone 5 (overwintered extremely well with very little winter protection)

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Most of the Smoky roses currently available in commerce are not Smoky at all. I bought Smoky at the end of the 1960s and I remember what a sensation it was at the time because of the smoky purple outer petals, the russet red interior, and the vivid orange center. It was a tall and vigorous rose. Most of the Smoky roses sold today are compact plants that never top 3 feet and they usually are a solid brick red. I finally tracked down the real Smoky at Burlington Nursery.

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I just looked this rose up in my reference books, Botanica's Roses & ARS Encyclopedia of Roses.
The plant grows slowly, with a thin twiggy structure, somewhat ungainly, but it is very floriferous, especially if lightly pruned. It also says it's one of the healthiest roses and is a lovely cut flower.

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In most cases, this is a non-rebloomer, but it repeats well in coastal locations in California.

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This rose has the very best scent in my garden. It literally wafts out at you as you walk by the rose bush, but without being cloying.

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The name of this rose is truly deceptive. There is nothing coral about the color. It's medium pink.

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One of the most perfectly fragrant roses!

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I LOVE this old Austin!!! Part Rugosa that will sometimes throw out some long thorny canes but what a unique fragrance! Someone described it as "Ponds Cold Cream."
Its a must have beauty if you can find it.

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Utterly amazing huge, cabbage blossoms! Huge fountain shaped bush with flexible easy to train branches. A once bloomer but I would not be without this heavenly wonder! Amazing fragrance, cane hardy in Z5 and very easy to grow rose. Not fussy at all.

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One of my favorite Albas! Mine is about 5-6' x 4-5' Pretty matte grey-green foliage and fountain shaped bush. Amazing fragrance and gorgeous blossoms. Cane hardy in Z5 and easy to grow beauity.

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This could have been the rose that guarded Sleeping Beauty's castle, the thorns are horrendous.

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I have 2 of these. A very reliable source of color in my northwestern bed.

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Susceptible to Mildew.

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Many glowing reports from around the country that this rose is extremely hardy and disease resistant.

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