I have grown Lady Hillingdon (the same plant) for over 12 years in Zone 8a. Gets over 6 ft tall in the summer, albeit a bit leggy -- but then she does have some competition for sun from a birch tree. She has been cold-hardier than many other teas--and than a lot of modern HTs and floribundas-- and has been very healthy for me. Very little disease, and no mildew--which seems to often afflict teas in my climate in late summer-early fall. This December we had a week of really cold temperatures, with 3 nights getting below zero degrees F. She seems to have weathered it better than some, although it won't be until spring that I will really know how much damage was done to all my roses.

I love the color, the elegant, slightly droopy, Tea form, and the fragrance -- which sometimes smells like a pure "tea" fragrance, and other times has a wonderful, sweet fruitiness to it also -- reminds me of apricots.