After a long hiatus from my beloved favorite flower, during which I was eradicating rose rosette virus from my garden, I'm happily adding roses again! In spring of this year I started with Kordes roses and in 2016 I'd like to add some Austins.
The only 2 I have left are an own root Molineux and a grafted Heritage. Molineux is only slightly larger than it was when I received it from Chamblee's about 10 years ago and only has a dozen or so blooms per year. I babied it a bit this spring and summer and it did improve somewhat, but still isn't worth the garden space it takes up. Heritage performed fairly well for several years but has been declining for the last few. I haven't decided what to do with that one- perhaps dig it up in spring, examine the roots, and move it to a new location if it looks savable.
The Austin that performed best for me was Tess of the d'Urbervilles that I lost to RRD. I really liked it, but haven't decided if I want to replace it because it lacked fragrance. That's not a deal breaker though, I can still love a non smelly rose LOL!
Which Austin roses have you found to be the most vigorous and disease resistant?
@Cem9165 Annette, I've been admiring your recent photos added to the data base and would appreciate hearing which varieties perform best for you in Georgia.
