Decisions, Decisions

In totaling up the damage, I find myself becoming depressed and I'm left with a few decisions.  The backyard rose garden has only Heritage left alive.  Do I plant new roses in the spring or just rip out that entire garden and return the backyard to grass?  In the side yard rose garden,  do I plant more old garden roses as they seem to do well there?  Do I plant new roses in the front yard rose garden or do I give up trying to grow roses facing dead north?  Or, after twenty-plus years, do I just give up on roses?  Here's the tally:

  • Comte de Chambord — never really did well and is now dead
  • Double Delight — both trees bloomed nicely and appear healthy
  • Dr. Huey — bloomed nicely and appears healthy
  • Falstaff — bloomed and then up and died
  • Fisherman's Friend — dead
  • Fragrant Lace — dead
  • Garden Party — dead
  • Gertrude Jekyll — dead
  • Graham Thomas — dead
  • Heritage — bloomed nicely and appears to be thriving
  • Lagerfeld — dead
  • Louise Odier — bloomed nicely but needed heavy pruning to remove dead wood
  • Melody Parfumee — bloomed nicely but seems to going downhill
  • Mme. Isaac Pereire — bloomed nicely and appears healthy
  • Pat Austin — bloomed nicely and appears to be thriving
  • Peace (tree) — dead
  • Pierre de Ronsard — succumbed to rose rosette virus and died
  • Queen Elizabeth — bloomed nicely but seems to be going downhill
  • Red Ribbons — bloomed nicely and appears to be thriving
  • Smooth Velvet — bloomed nicely and appears to be thriving
  • Sweet Juliet — succumbed to rose rosette virus and died
  • Tropicana — chary as always with the blooms but appears healthy
  • Winchester Cathedral — bloomed one flower and died
  • Zephirine Drouhin — succumbed to rose rosette virus and died
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