Hybrid Tea/Grandifloras:
Cherry Parfait (red/white)
Frivolous Pink (pink/yellow)
Lasting Love (red)
Honey Dijon (gold)
Stephen Rulo (lavender/brown)

Floribundas:
Julia Child (yellow)
Shockwave (brightest yellow)
White Licorice (light yellow)
Lovestruck (pink speckled)
Gebruder Grimm (brightest orange)
Kimberlina (pink)
Perfume Tiger (yellow/pink stripe)
Hot Cocoa (russet)

Shrubs:
Darlow's Enigma (white fragrant hybrid musk)
Dragon's Blood (dark red big shrub)
Red Ribbons (red groundcover)
My Stars (thornless dark pink)
Rural England (reblooming pink rambler)
Route 66 (purple)
Mme. Plantier (white once blooming alba)

Climbers:
Berries n Cream (pink/white stripe)
Candy Land (pink/yellow stripe)
Fourth of July (red/white stripe)
Rhapsody in Blue (it's a climber for me -- purple)
Blaze of Glory (brightest orange/red)

Mini's:
Irene Marie (yellow with red picotee)
Swedish Doll (orange/red)
Sequoia Twist (orange/yellow stripe)
Gourmet Popcorn (white polyantha-like shrub)
Gingerbread Man (dark yellow)
Gizmo (orange single)
Hurdy Gurdy (red/white striped mini climber)
Glamour Girl (white, red picotee edges)

Playboy will rust if you don't spray it, Just Joey won't bloom in a container very well and will also mildew, and I know nothing about Tineke. And Coronado is going to be especially prone to mildew, so you need to pay attention to get roses that are not susceptible to it at all, if she's not going to spray. If it will mildew anywhere, it will mildew in Coronado (and in San Juan Capistrano).

Kathy

It's also a modestly-sized plant, for an HT, which should be helpful in a container situation.

The Container should be as large as possible, with no "saucer," and good drainage will be vital. Be sure the container has ample drainage holes, and is elevated either on "pot-feet" or 3 bricks.

I agree with Kathy -- we grew Playboy long ago, and it was a real rust-bucket, when not sprayed religiously. But I could suggest the bright yellow Polyantha, 'Polly Sunshine,' a Ralph Moore rose which will bloom like the dickens in a coastal climate, and is clean as a whistle.

Jeri -- Coastal Ventura County, SoCal

I haven't found a large flower pure white rose that doesn't mildew here. Things like Gourmet Popcorn and Darlow's Enigma are fine, but I've actually been trying to find a hybrid tea or florrie that was pure white and not a mildew magnet. The closest I've come if good ol Honor.

I liked that it had that bicolor effect, like Double Delight, but did NOT mildew for us, unlike DD.

I will say, though, if it concerns one, that we had at one point three different plants from three different growers, and they were ALL badly virused. What a pity to do that to a nice rose.

Jeri

Thanks!

The only Romantica we've grown was Yves Piaget, and the reason it left us was that in the three years it was with us, we never saw a bloom open. I KNOW what it's supposed to look like -- it just never did that here, and was removed.

Gardenwerks, Sharifa Asma opened well, and at least SOME of the time, the foliage was almost OK. But it was never truly "clean" here, and so despite its many other terrific qualities, it, too, is gone.

We not un-commonly see some mildew here on IMMATURE Tea Roses.

Most of them mildew a bit less with every passing year, and quit mildewing entirely, when they're 4 or so years mature. Anything that persists in mildewing just isn't needed here -- which is one reason we also no longer grow 'Mme. Alfred Carriere,' 'Duchess de Brabant,' and 'Mrs. Dudley Cross,' as lovely as they are.

Jeri

OUR water and soil are highly alkaline. Moreover, there's a nasty salinity problem. Many of the old Teas and Chinas handle all this well, but some other roses don't.

Maggie was no more successful here than any other Bourbon. (The only "Bourbon" [so called] that succeeds here is "Ragged Robin" ['Gloire des Rosomanes'] which really acts more like a Giant China than a Bourbon.) I really wanted "Maggie" to do well here, because it was my Grandmother's name, and is my Niece's name. But, no dice. 'Mons. Tillier' should succeed for you wonderfully, and I suggest you check out 'Rosette Delizy' (Antique Rose Emporium clone). There are others, but those will do to start out with.
If you have room for a couple of large, ever-blooming plants, I can't say enough good things about 'Louis Phillipe,' and 'Mutabilis.'
And your garden should not be without "Grandmother's Hat."

Jeri

But if you don't try, you'll never know -- so go for it.

Jeri

I used to live in Golden Hill, and I'd often take my dogs over to "Dog Beach" in Coronado. Such great memories! I used to love to drive around Coronado looking at all of the wonderful houses and gardens, what a lovely place to live. I would have thought you'd have a lot of options for growing roses.

cheers,
robert

Mellow Yellow - Hybrid Tea (grown in a pot even though it is a big rose)
Sunsprite - Floribunda (grown in the ground)
Gemini - Hybrid Tea (in the ground - not sure how it would do in a pot - it is somewhat big; awesome rose for cutting)
Honey Bouquet - Floribunda (very clean, lots of flowers, but this was in the ground)
Sexy Rexy - Floribunda (blooms in huge flushes, also in the ground)
Trumpeter - Floribunda (grown in a pot, it is a relatively small rose)
Gourmet Popcorn (never out of bloom and tough as nails)

I have not personally grown these roses. At the South Coast Botanic Gardens here in Palos Verdes the healthiest disease free roses I've consistently seen during multiple visits throughout the year were:

Midas Touch (small hybrid tea)
Mardi Gras (floribunda) - lots of flowers
Sun Flare (floribunda)
Passionate Kisses (floribunda)
Molineux (David Austin English shrub)

The following got some mildew in my garden but baking soda and canola oil spray minimized it:

Mr. Lincoln
Double Delight
Iceberg (tree rose in a pot)

Cheri Parfait for me was a rust magnet. No matter what I tried it got rust. After seeing the board comments some have experienced this problem and some have not. Most likely the garden centers do not pay much attention to their sources as long as they are cheap....

You might consider one of the roses mentioned here grown as a tree. Tree roses grown in pots are really beautiful. I like the fact that people can walk over and smell it without having to bend down.

Hope you find the perfect gift!

Lee