I think it's one of the prettiest Bucks.

This was one of the first roses I planted in my garden in 2011, and it continues to be one of my favorites. It's vigorous and very cold-hardy in my Zone 6b garden. The flowers are beautiful with an impressive petal count and stand up to the rain better than any other rose in my garden. It's probably one of the best Buck roses I have, and I have a lot! It's a shame it isn't widely available.

I planted my own-root Simon Estes September of last year. As a plant, it's small in stature, but very tough. It suffered no winter dieback, even though I only winter-protected the bottom 6 inches of the plant and we had some January lows in the teens. It has never showed any signs of foliar diseases. It balled the first flush(we had some very erratic spring weather) but recovered and now has five flower buds and has grown a new cane. It seems to grow in spurts...spending weeks growing very slowly and then suddenly growing five inches and popping several flower buds in a week. The flowers are large and gorgeous, almost looking like a David Austin rose, but with very light fragrance. The color of the flowers in my garden is very similar to the OGR Crested Moss. The flower shape is similar to the Buck Rose Distant Drums but the plant is much more vigorous.