I planted Golden Showers two years ago and installed an 8 foot section of splitrail fencing for her to billow over. She put up some strong canes the first year, and I was very pleased with the blooms, large and plentiful and a beautiful clear yellow. Surviving a tough Central Pennsylvania winter m, she came back this past summer and blew me away. This is one powerful rose. Canes thicker theman my thumb, some over 10 feet long and covered in bloom. The splitrail fence is dwarfed by this rose. The end of June brought our annual plague of Japanese beetles that chomped her up pretty hard...but came August when the beetles had subsided this rose bounced right back and out on a great show through the fall. Now, in December she's covered with beautiful red-orange hips. Golden Showers is probably the best surprise I've had with a rose, out performed my expectations. Now, if only I could control those pesky Japanese beetles! They do love this one.