I live in NC and I don't see many roses. I love floribunda and tea roses and mine are just about dead.

Our clay soil is likely the cause. I know roses don't like their roots to be impacted.

There is a brand of rose that does well here; for the life of me I can't think of the name, but they are very popular though they don't seem like a real rose to me.

I like the roses that you can cut and bring in.

I guess you have to 'bloom where you are planted' and that means that here we have other lovely flowers that do very well. I'll just have to get to love them.

Tootsie