Nearly everything had blackspot at one time or another. I think what did the absolute best was Trinity, a found tea rose from Bermuda. No problems at all with that rose. Beverly did pretty well for me, only getting some light blackspot this November. Same for Poseidon. Rouge Royale and Munstead Wood only had a touch of it also.

'Colette' always wins hands down.

Rosa Rugosa and Rosa Rugosa Alba. Spotless all spring, summer and fall. Beautiful light orange/yellow foliage in early winter. Then falling off the bush's clean around Christmas. Never saw anything like them. When I'm REALLY old (maybe about 100 or so), the rugosa's will be what I'll probably grow. Put them in the ground and let them do their amazing thing.

Souvenir de la Malmaison and Mutabilis. Aunt Margy's Rose is also very good but suffered in the drought.

Roseraie de L'hay
Easter Basket
Gartendirektor Otto Linne
Julia Child
Pomponella
Lemon Zest
Easy Does It
Amber Flower Carpet
White Out
Cream Veranda
Apricot Vigorosa
Flower Girl
Kardinal Kolorscape
Milano
Cape Diamond - unruly thing
Home Run
Sunrise Sunset
Lyons rose
My Hero
Innocencia
Music Box
Thats it for this year.

This post was edited by pattyw5 on Sun, Dec 28, 14 at 13:42

Once again, 'Ivory Triumph', an oldie from Von Abrams, and now OOC, had no disease whatever.

Also, Cl. Sunflare showed no disease at all. In CA it never mildewed, and this summer in NY, I saw no BS.

The albas and the arvensis ramblers also had clean foliage throughout the summer.

I wouldn't say anything was completely spot free for me this season. It was a rather cool, gray and damp summer so BS was rampant. Julia Child and Home Run still remain my healthiest though. They will spot some at the bottom but never go nekkid like the rest of them, lol!

My healthiest roses are Belinda's Dream, Sunsprite, The McCartney Rose, Zephirine Drouhin, Mme Isaac Pereire, Souvenir de la Malmaison, Orchid Romance, Rina Hugo, Liebeszauber, Tiffany, Pink Peace, Dublin.Bay, Forgotten Dreams, Royal William, Let Freedom Ring, Aloha and Julia Child. I have had very few issues with disease recently with any of my roses.

This post was edited by Sara-Ann on Sun, Dec 28, 14 at 18:10

Easy does it
Dames de chennonceau
Duchess de Brabant
Europeana
Queen of Sweden
Quietness (buck rose, best in show)
Belinda's dream (always spectacular)

I don't use any fungicides, and I garden in NJ. So, naturally, I'm familiar with blackspot, but a few of my roses are not -- or are only "vaguely familiar in passing" with blackspot. The cleanest of my roses, most of which arrived as own-root bands in Spring 2013, are:

'Archduke Charles'
'Baltimore Belle'
"Bermuda Spice"
'Cardinal de Richelieu'
'Charles de Mills'
'Clotilde Soupert' (touches of mildew by late Autumn)
"Darlow's Enigma"
'Golden Buddha'
'Honorine de Brabant'
'Louis Philippe'
'Marie Pavie'
'Napoleon'
'Nouveau Monde'
'Orfeo'
'Perle d'Or'
'Pierre Notting'
"Sombreuil" (the Climber, not the Tea)
'Souvenir de la Malmaison'
'Souvenir de Victor Landeau'
'Souvenir du Docteur Jamain'

:-)

~Christopher

This post was edited by AquaEyes on Wed, Dec 31, 14 at 16:41

Time to assess the healthiness of my roses this past year.

Actually, I worried less about disease and more about a general wimpiness and smallness in many of my roses that had to be pruned back drastically after last winter's brutal cold. I do hope they gain back some eagerness and vigor this next season.

HEALTHIEST:
Home Run--I can't remember ever having any blackspot on this winner. I never spray them (I have 3 of them).

Double Knock Out -- I have 2 of them--they never get anything.

Munstead Woods--my favorite Austin--hardly gets even a passing blackspot!

The Fairy--impervious to BS

Mystic Beauty--this Bourbon (like SDLM) only has a few passing BS problems.

The Wedgewood --this Austin climber is still rather new, but so far has had almost no BS problems.

Felicia and Ghislaine de Feligonde--both are quite new, but have had no BS problems this past season.

Most of my minis--Green Ice (4), Popcorn Gourmet, Little Sunset (2). Unfortunately, Sweet Diana (7) needs a bit more care, but isn't bad on that score.

VERY HEALTHY, BUT HAVE OCCASIONAL PROBLEMS:
Easter Basket, Pretty Jessica, Queen of Sweden (3), Molineux (2), Eutin (3), Pompenella, Elena (3).

GOOD BS RESISTANCE:
The rest of my roses need a couple sprays in the spring and fall, but definitely are NOT disease magnets.

LOSER, HEALTH-WISE:
One exception: Gypsy Carnivale--this is my little disease magnet that I assumed would not last long, given its general wimpiness, but it persists in hanging around. I haven't the heart to toss this beautiful disease-ridden HT. It's the only one I fuss over, in that respect.

Kate

Midas Touch
Kashmir
My Girl
Little Mischief
Yellow Brick Road

None of these were defoliated from Black Spot this year when all my other roses were defoliated at least once. It was a hot and humid summer.

Some of these are very new so things may change in a year or two. Some others were battling back after a very hard winter last year, but here goes:

Old-Timers
1. Mrs. Dudley Cross- She has some growing to do to reach her former glory, but she's such a reliable rose for me and seems never to blackspot.
2. Prairie Sunrise- Totally unaffected by the winter and every dumb thing I've done. Will sometimes blackspot a bit late in the season but usually clean.
3. Amber Flower Carpet- Maybe not a rose for every situation, but it sailed through the winter without any dieback. It's disgustingly healthy and always in bloom.
4. Rosy Dawn- a mini. This is a vigorous mini, always in bloom, usually clean.

Newbies
1. Gourmet Popcorn- The rose for people who can't grow roses. Growing in a less than desirable spot, it's healthy and in bloom most of the time.
2. Music Box- a Ping Lim rose; healthy, vigorous, usually in bloom.
3. Julia Child- Just like everyone said, a great rose in many ways, including disease resistance.

For the record, I don't spray.

From Central Florida:
No/very little bs:
Julia Child
Livin' Easy
Happy Child
Clothilde Soupert
The faun

My healthiest roses in my no spray, hot and humid Louisiana garden have been: sweet fragrance, freckles, Beverly, Mrs. B.R. can't, mons tillier, quietness, and molineaux. Hopefully they will continue to be healthy and provide more beautiful blooms! I can't wait for spring!