Honorine from Heirloom is now in her third year in my garden, and she's a lovely old girl. I have her trained up and through a arched 5' screen as though she were a climber, and she sends up sprays of somewhat thin-stemmed but very prolific bloom for her first flush. I don't get very much repeat off her, but that might be that she is still relatively young. Fragrance is mild but pleasant; her real strength, though, is the gorgeous color/striping of her blooms. In some lights she's light pink; in others, magenta; sometimes more lilac, sometimes more cream. She stays disease free and is the very first rose to 'wake up' each year. Buy her, she's worth her space.

I'm obsessed with the saturation of color. This is a strong performer in heat and unrelenting sun and very disease resistant

What a great rose. About ten years ago I planted her on a shady hill at the side of the house. I basically forgot her. She is disease free and produces gorgeous roses. Definitely a keeper.

Ignored. She grew into the ground took off and blooms her foolish head off with her splashy striped blooms. Never balls in my misty mornings no disease just beautiful blooms abundant. The old girl has earned her place in garden history. Tough as nails