Gardening and Horticulture - lavender roses

i dont think 'blue girl " would be a good choice , and actually i've been hearing all the pale mauve/ lavender roses are poor performers. could anyone suggest a roses in this color that would be okay in zone 7b? thank you.

Hi Zone 7,

Here are some sites I have gathered on roses. Some of them have lists of roses, but I'm not sure which ones. Sorry, we're going out of town for a few days, and I don't have time to go through them. The second link from the bottom should be a good place to start, "findmyroses.com".

http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC1173.htm (pruning)
http://www.ces.uga.edu/pubcd/b671-w.html
http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/id/id118/id118.htm
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/roses/site.html (good one)
http://www.ars.org/ (American Rose Society)
http://www.ars.org/experts/experts.html (Ask the Experts)****
http://www.mc.edu/campus/users/nettles/rofaq/rofaq-faq.html (Faq's)
http://www.ars.org/experts/propagation.html (Propagating)
http://www.bridgesroses.com/archive.htm (Miniatures + Rose tips)
http://www.biology.leeds.ac.uk/teaching/MSc/Blgy5001/rose1.htm (Pic of blackspot)
http://www.texas-rose-rustlers.com/prop-tip.htm
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ohioline/hyg-fact/1000/1205.html
http://www.markw.com/clrose.htm
http://cygnus.tamu.edu/Texlab/Shrubs/Rose/rsp.html
http://www.ars.org/experts/propagation.html
http://www.randomaccesssolutions.com/Diagnosing%20Rose%20Problems.htm
http://www.jps.net/rosebug/irosepests.html
http://www.antiqueroseemporium.com/
http://findmyroses.com/
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/PUBS/GARDEN/07416.html (Rose culture)

Gami

thank you, some of these sites will probably end up in my 'favorite places'. its nice to have somewhere specific to go if you've been surfing almost aimlessly for an hour or so. -zone7btenn.chattanooga