I bought this rose this past spring (which for me is February - I'm in zone 9), and though it is in a large terracotta pot because I have yet to find a place in the yard for it, the rose has tripled in height since then. It blooms every fews weeks. The fragrence is quite lovely and the color is very soft and pleasant, and even with the rain coming almost every day late in the afternoon or at night, I have had little problems with fungus and disease as far as it is concerned.