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RoseAddict_NorthTX 
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She is beautiful, blooms in large clusters, pink centers fading to white. BUT she is quite the black spot magnet here in my North Texas (mostly no spray) garden. She does not defoliate completely but is not far from it. This spring I moved her from partial shade to full sun and she is doing better, also blooming more but still has spots on all her leaves.
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All My Loving, the rose I suspect it is bred from, defoliates here in Oregon. That is why I never bothered growing AML despite the glowing reviews and nice nursery specimens. I almost did get Sweet Rose of Mine, but opted to wait because Bliss Parfuma is a good performer here. I was intrigued by a short flori with fragrance though.
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Oh Bliss is amazing for me, healthy and blooms all the time, overall a superior rose.
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I am surprised by the negative reviews here. In my North Texas garden this rose is one of the most floriferous, 2 years old not huge, wider than taller (3ft wide, 2 ft tall) but does not shoot octopus canes and is easy to keep in shape. Blooms all the time and doesn’t fry or fade in our 100F heat. The scent is amazing even in the heat (for me at least). Some black spot but very little only on some lower leaves, really I don’t even count that, compared to some other Austins (or other roses in general). I am just looking at her and really cannot admire her more. Mine is ownroot, on full sun.
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Can anyone tell me, why this rose is sometimes yellow and sometimes blush/pink? What makes it change the color? I was hoping she’d be more pink when I saw the pics but after I got her, I am getting only light yellow flowers (almost tinged green). I am not a fan of yellows, especially not cold yellows. I am in zone 8a, North Texas. We have alkaline soil. Thank you!
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I am hazarding a guess that the unknown portion is Lion's Fairy Tale.
I got this rose last august and it immediately developed diseases (plural). I felt that fall was a bad time to evaluate a rose, so I let it grow out this spring. Same diseases (mildew, downy and cercospora). It's a hot mess. I'll let it grow out for the summer since the spot isn't being used for now, and I'll evaluate it some more, but it's definitely getting the shovel treatment.
Bloom color is interesting. It's a haunting tone f apricot in the autumn. The form is too inconvenient for rain though. Holds water and won't let it out.
Might be an okay rose in a dry climate away from the coast line? The size is nice.
Edit: July 2019: Dug it up, made it compost. Riddled with... everything. Absolutely defoliated and decrepit. Looked like downy, powdery, and some bs or anthracnose.. hard to tell at that stage.
Similar roses in this color range I had recently bought: Crazy Love, Mango Veranda, and Sunsay did not have these issues and look fine. Look like normal garden roses right now.
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Mine is not healthy either, lots of BS. Giving her until next year and see if she gets better when more established. I am surprised because Kordes roses are always healthy for me.
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Kordes has some real duds. They are improving bit by bit, but only a few of them are even highly rated in Kordes system itself. For example, Sunny Sky is rated by their own tested as among the best, and its a real nice HT with good health, but the color is so-so.
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I don’t have Sunny Sky but have many others - Florentina, Pink Enchantment, Summer Romance, Honeymoon, Fire Opal etc. and they are all in excellent health and have beautiful blooms.
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I can add Garden Delight, Summer Sun, and Milano Kolorscape to the "good ones list," as well.
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I love the roses from Kordes. I can recommend 'Lavender Lassie' a 6' shrub that grows upright and flowers on and off during the summer. 'Scharlachglut' is one of my favorite roses makes a bold statement in the landscape with its vase shaped canes and its bright red flowers. 'Amadeus' is another large rose for the landscape not as upright as 'Lavender Lassie' and 'Scharlachglut' but its red flowers come in reliable flushes during the summer. 'Raubritter' has very distinctive pink cupped flowers of great beauty. It makes a low growing mounding plant for the front of the border. Once blooming 'Fritz Nobis' is a rose I have enjoyed in my garden for 30 years.
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