Disease resistance

**L*@teamzeon.com**

I agree with the gentleman who suggested that disease resistance varies
from region to region.  I live in a small valley that traps humidity from
the Ohio River and pollution.  As a result, our summers are very hot, hazy,
and humid.  Plants that would normally prosper in zone 6 may succumb to
these conditions.  On the good side, I have many plants that aren't
supposed to live beyond a zone 6 winter that do.

The finicky hybrid teas will not perform well here unless you are willing
to become a slave to their many chemical spray demands to keep the
blackspot at bay.  Do that, and perhaps you may have enough energy to keep
those darned beetles from eating the foliage.  I am in love with cottage
gardens, but so far only rugosas have proved reliable enough to keep things
going.  I've purchased about four David Austin roses and they all end up
with black spot to some degree.  Surprisingly to me, three climbing roses I
have are pretty strong:  'Blaze', 'Don Juan', and I believe an 'America'.
I have a couple of others that aren't so hardy.

I am particularly interested in seeing a list of roses that would do well
for me under my conditions.  I've contacted my local rose society, and they
weren't very helpful.  They gave me a list of teas...  some of which I
already knew were full of blackspot.  Why are the societies so hybrid tea
crazy???

Val in KY
zone 6a

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