PlantFiles: Shrub Rose
Rosa 'Belinda's Dream'

I have four Belinda's dream roses. The only time this rose got blackspot or had a problem with yellow leaves was when I used Miracle Grow to fertilize it. This rose does fine with organic methods like mulch, compost and well composted manure, or a time-release rose food. The stems are always strong and I have dozens of buds and flowers on each bush at a time. In the hot Texas summer I only watered it once a week, and it still bloomed like crazy. I had tons of roses to cut and bring inside. It is a very beautiful and fragrant rose. This is the best rose of all time.

Not nearly as disease resistant as touted, out of my 300 plus varieties of roses this one is in the top for spraying for blackspot when we are having overcast weather. Also the foliage tends to yellow unnatractively unless I fertilize regularly, HOWEVER, it blooms nearly 10 months out of the year in my central texas garden. Too bad it gets thrips so bad...
A lot of people probably won't notice/care about the foliage discoloration and thrips because it just keeps pumping out those oversized, super fragrant pink roses. I would probably love it if it wasn't touted so much as desease resistant! I hate to spray!
Oh, and the stems can be weak for the bloom size so the flowers tend to flop over after rain..I think it looks romantic. I hid my ugly foliage by planting "Cramoise Superior" and "Cherry Chief" Salvia greggi in front of the Belindas, that way I don't see the foliage so much, but still enjoy the flowers plus it looks great together.

Incredibly healthy and fast growing here in North Texas. I don't spray and it still get huge full blooms all season. It has grown very tall, hit 6' in its first year. The second year after prunning it got to 7'.

a low-maint., blooming machine. I guess if somebody ever told me I could only have ONE rose (horrors!), Belinda's Dream would be it

I have found the issue of scent to be especially interesting with this rose. Some people say 'Very Fragrant' and others say 'Faint.' I fall under the 'faint' category with mine. It is by far the hardiest rose I have, but to me the scent is almost non existent. I think a study of this rose and people's ability to smell a scent could be interesting.

I bought this rose several years ago and have been overwhelmed by its success. Due to illness this winter I did not prune it, nor did I water it regularly during our year long drought. It began blooming in March, at a height of over 6' and width of 5'. There were literally hundreds of blooms on it. We are now moving to a new house and I am searching high and low for another Belinda's Dream for our new home.

I was surprised by a comment above that said this rose had very little scent. My Belinda's Dream roses have always been very strongly scented, beautiful all the way through.

Beautiful rose, easy, minimal care. Best flowers in Houston area are in Fall & Spring; during hottest part of the summer flowers are not as long lasting. I can't think of a rose that is as easy to care for, forgiving and breathtakingly beautiful!

I've had mine for three years now and it's absolutely gorgeous all the time. Blooms are huge even in sweltering summers. My experience is that the roses are on very strong stems and don't droop at all. The plant has a great shape too. My only complaint is that the flowers have almost no fragrance. I've stuck my nose in this rose many times in many different gardens and to my nose, this variety has almost no scent at all. The fragrance is so faint that you have to wonder if you're just imagining it. Buy it because it has huge flowers and because it is incredibly hardy and almost completely disease resistant, but you may be disappointed if you buy it for its fragrance.

Witht its high petal count, wonderful scent, and very abundant blooms, Belinda's Dream is perfect for cut flowers. This rose almost always ends up in any bouquet I'm putting together.

This is the first rose that I have ever tried growing. I just love it. The petals are a beautiful pink color and it is extremely fragrant. Mine always has buds and blooms on it!!!!!

What a wonderful little rose. I love the color, the fragrance is marvelous and it just keeps pumping out blooms, even in the extreme heat and drougth conditions we've been experiencing.

This has it all if you like pink. If you think you can't grow roses, you are mistaken. This one can even manage without your help if it gets enough water initially. Beautifull! I'm rooting some for trading.

This rose does beautifully in our humid weather and has weathered two hurricanes in 2004. It blooms year round and the scent is great.

This plant has been easy to grow and here in Delray Beach, Fl. (10A) it blooms the year round. Moderate watering and fertilizing has made it a real delight. Great fragrance.

I bought this rose at the end of summer 2004 from a local nursery for a very good price. I had never tried growing roses before so I figured that the budget price tag would be okay if I was unable to make it grow. After planting, it continued to bloom the most precious pink flowers! When spring came around, there was not any new growth to speak of and I was going to replace it thinking that I had planted it too late and too close to fall for it to have established itself. I pruned it hard when some small amounts of growth appeared. One month later, it is full and flourishing! I didn't kill it! It has not bloomed yet, but I have no doubt that it will be just fine.

Great flower form and fragrance, highly resistant to blackspot. A good no-spray rose for the South. Only downside is that the flowers can become floppy in the rain due to thin stems and high petal count.

This is the first rose that I am growing. I put them in February 2005 and they are doing extremely well. I definitely recommend to people who are reluctant to try growing roses. Beautiful flowers and nice foliage.

San Antonio, Tx.
This was the first rose to be designated a Texas Superstar (tm). It received this prestigous designation because it has performed extremely well in statewide testing. A Texas SuperStar (tm) must be hardy and able to withstand the hot dry summers which occur in most parts of the state. They have to be extremely disease and insect resistant and add beauty, but require minimal care as well as minimal reliance on chemical pest control. It also has received the EarthKind (tm) designation due to its ability to thrive with less water and less need for chemical use to combat diseases (highly resistant to black spot and other fungal diseases) and insects. It has performed outstandingly even in highly alkaline clay soils which seems like a miracle to me. I have not grown this rose myself, but I have spoken with several people who do and they highly recommend it.

If you love PINK roses, as I do, you'll LOVE this rose!!! I rescued several from a local hardware store a couple of years ago, and have never been sorry! I'd read about this rose, and the comments were very positive, so thought it was worth a try. This rose is SO free from disease here (and I don't spray at all!) (zone 6), it blooms profusely, and the blooms are simply wonderful! They hold well on the bush, and also last a LONG time after cutting. The form is lovely, and the scent is very sweet and strong. In my opinion, this is a MUST HAVE rose for anyone favoring pink!