Roses

I have never had any good luck with roses. I keep buying them in hopes that one of them will find me acceptable and grow. The problem is that my yard has no place that gets at least 6 hours of direct sunlight. There's so much tree coverage that direct sunlight only hits the very center of my backyard (where the fire pit currently resides). However, I did plant a white rose plant under the back bedroom window just in case this time it would take, and it looks like we may have a winner. It has three, count them, three blossoms on it as we speak, and the plant looks reasonably healthy. Hooray! With any luck, it may grow and prosper. I've heard that there are shade tolerant roses, but when I ask about them at the local nurseries, everyone says that they are surprised to hear about them and that they don't have any of them on hand (this said with skepticism about the whole shade tolerant rose idea). I'm waiting to see how the rose I transplanted into a large pot and put out on the fire pit deck is going to do. It's just sitting there, looking stunned, and not doing much of anything. No new growth, no curling up and dying. It probably can't figure out what's going on. First it's in relative shade, then it's stuck out in the sunlight. It probably wants me to make up my mind and let it be in peace. I can't even remember what color the roses on this plant are supposed to be. I think they're yellow, but who knows at this point, it's been so long since I've seen it bloom. Poor thing.