I purchased 5 rose bushes last year and have been dealing with insects and lots of fungus...I mean LOTS of it! These plants attract every insect we have here in Va and the brown fungus is terrible as well. This plant is by far the strongest of all of them. It is getting big and is full of blooms. The leaves are bright green and shiny! I hate the thorns, but who cares. At least it is growing! I live in Virginia by the way.

I've had these magnificent, fragrant roses for years, and I get to enjoy the creamy beautiful blooms all summer. Yes they have wicked thorns. I wear a good heavy-duty glove on the hand holding the stems, and then I nip off the thorns before putting them into a vase.The thorns might be extra long, but I actually think it has FEWER of them than my other rose bushes.

After four years, there are still very few blooms, and the plant is small. But when they arrive, the blooms are large and lovely. Classic, exquisite blooms.

The thorns are unusual. At least two to three times as long as any I’ve seen before. Nasty spikes!

The foliage is glossy and beautiful. But for some reason, the blossoms seem to be particularly susceptible to insects. For every two blooms, one is eaten and discolored by pests. None of the other roses in my garden have this experience.

I’ve been giving this rose extra care, and I’m hoping that it will become stronger and more prolific in the future.

I have enough roses, and so far this one is the tenderest. I am in zone 9b. I bought other roses from heirloom as well. This one arrives with a bud, and I water my other dozen different roses the same as this one. Soon the bud drop. So far no leaves growing for a month. I guess it has to do with the weather as it was hot for the first couple days it arrived. I saw this rose in Municipal San Jose Rose garden during early-mid May and thought it was stunning. Maybe it just can't perform well in summer.

This rose is absolutely beautiful and fragrant. The thorns are large but hey, she’s a long stem rose.