Gardening and Horticulture - best roses for my area

Hi, I am going to be moving to central Virginia near the N.C. line. I want to know the best roses -'antique'- to raise in this area. I do not want to deal with marginal roses that have to be 'cared for'. I am looking for the good ones that grew in graveyards and along roadsides.
I love roses but watched my aunt and her sprays and her blackspot and thought there had to be something that was better. Is there?
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks, Bertha 'roselooker13'

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/hil/hil-641.html

http://www.dsbg.org/TeaRoses.htm

http://www.ars.org/experts/tearose.html

I'll bet these two sites will delight your fancy!

http://www.vintagegardens.com/

http://www.antiqueroseemporium.com/

Tea roses would definately need a lot of spraying.

Just in case you don't know what your new zone will be, here's a zip code zone finder.

http://www.gardenweb.com/zones/zip.cgi

Good luck with your move,
Newt

I always swore if I ever had another opportunity to grow roses that I would go with Old World or Antique Roses because of their disease resistance. I have toured many rose gardens to convince me of this. My research tends to show that although many of the old varieties are more disease resistant, they are not disease proof and that the same precautions must be taken with them as the hybrids. What a let down. I do know, however, when I was growing up in Appalachia and visited my mother's relatives (all had green thumbs), no one ever heard of a pesticide or an insecticide. Their gardens looked as beautiful as any photo of an English cottage garden. All the water had to be hauled from the shallow dug spring in the orchard. Despite water shortages, their houses could have passed any white glove test and vegetable gardens supplied them through the next harvest season. I never heard anyone complaint about insects or diseases. Maybe the topics were taboo?