Nine Low-maintenance Roses

For low-maintenance roses, try tough floribunda roses, available in many garden centers. Many have glossy foliage, an attribute that helps them fend off black spot.

1. 'Citrus Tease:' coral pink flowers, glossy foliage, damask scent.

2. 'Fabulous!:' clear white flowers, glossy dark-green foliage, good landscape shrub.

3. 'First Kiss:' porcelain-pink blooms.

4. 'Fragrant Apricot:' apricot buds, copper-colored flowers deepen to dusty pink, damask musk scent.

5. 'Miss Behavin:' deep pink flowers with yellow reverse, glossy foliage, apple scent.

6. 'Our Lady of Guadalupe:' silvery pink flowers, semi-glossy green foliage.

7. 'Sexy Rexy:' medium-pink blooms.

8. 'Sunsprite:' lemon yellow flowers, fragrant, rebloomer.

9. 'Sun Flare:' bright yellow flowers, glossy foliage, licorice scent. Resistant to heat and cold.