Below is a list of sustainable roses, meaning low maintenance roses that do not need spraying, compiled in early 2017 from panel discussions of members in rose societies in the North and South Carolina area sent to me by Lenna Easter of Eastern NC Rose Society.
Awakening (pink blend) climber
Belinda’s Dream (Earthkind] HT form (pink) shrub
Beverly (pink blend) BT (Kordes) frag. hybrid tea
Bull’s Eye (white/red eye) shrub
Caldwell Pink [aka Pink Pet] Earthkind (pink) shrub
Carefree Beauty (Earthkind) [Buck] pink shrub
Carefree Wonder [Meilland] pink shrub
Cecile Brunner [Earthkind](pink) climber
Cinco de Mayo (Russet) floribunda
Clair Matin (light pink) climber
Country Dancer [Buck] (deep pink) shrub
Darcey Bussell (red Blend) [Austin] shrub
Dark Desire (deep red) frag. grandiflora
Darlow’s Enigma (white) hybrid musk
Dee-Lish (pink) frag. hybrid tea
Dream Come True (yellow blend) grandiflora
Drift (many colors esp. Sweet and Pink) shrub
Duet Supreme (dark pink) hybrid tea
Easy Does It (pink blend) floribunda
Easy Going (yellow) shrub
Elina (lt. yellow/white) hybrid tea
Flower Carpet (in many colors) shrub
Home Run (many colors) shrub
Honeymoon (cream) climber
Hot Cocoa (russet) floribunda
Julia Child (yellow) floribunda
Knock Out (many colors) shrub
Lady Banks [OGR] (yellow) climber
Lady Elsie May (orange pink) shrub
Livin’ Easy (orange blend) floribunda
Miracle on the Hudson (med red) BT shrub
My Girl (deep pink) HT form shrub
New Dawn [Earthkind] (light pink) climber
Oso Easy (many colors) shrub
Palmgarten Frankfurt (pink) shrub
Peggy Martin (pink) [found rose] climber
Red Cascade (red) mini climber
Rubaiyat (red) hybrid tea
Savannah (orange pink) [Kordes] BT frag. hybrid tea
Summer Romance (pink) floribunda
Sunshine Daydream (yellow) grandiflora
The Fairy [Earthkind] (pink) shrub
Traviata (red) hybrid tea
Zephirin Drouhin (pink) Bourbon climber
Until next time. Stop and Smell the Roses.
