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