Planted for full morning sun. Very healthy plant with two nice 5’-6’ canes and two beautiful bloom clusters the first year. This Spring there is vigorous growth at each leaf node on last year’s canes and two new canes. I am highly encouraged for lots of bloom this season.

I’m in zone 9b/10a and have placed antique in a wine barrel in a North facing spot with not that much sunlight. I disagree with reviewer Sara at least for my zone; this is a robust growing rose. I planted it in a combination of compost, earthworm castings, potting soil and mint mulch. The darn thing exploded a cane five feet up and over my fence. I only got one blossom so far but this is to be expected since it is only in its first year. But let me tell you, this rose blossom is gorgeous. The coloring is phenomenal. Hard to judge fragrance at this point, likely it will take a few years to truly tell (as with most roses).

I purchased this rose fairly late in the growing season, but it did not disappoint! I got a couple of blooms the first year and much growth. It seems happy in the eastern side of our property where it gets a lot of sun early in the day It's going to look spectacular growing up the side of our new deck next year. If I can post a pic then, I will!

I planted this rose in 1998 in a sunny location, and it flourished. We moved it to our back fence still in a sunny area about 5 years later because we redesigned our backyard. The fence is 8ft tall and within another few years it was taller than the fence. Now it is twice the height of the fence and we have to look up when it blooms. The problem was that we didn't know how important it is to train climbing roses.
For the last 5 years we have neglected our garden completely while we cared for my grandma and then her estate. This is rose is still going strong without any care.
We are buying my Grandma's farm, so I am buying this rose again because I love it so much. However, this time I'm pegging it. It is going to be gorgeous.