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This rose came with the house. Purchased house in 2007, rose seemed young at the time. Previous owners had a penchant for not-too-special HT's, so it's possible this might be some really common rose I've just completely overlooked. Leaves are very glossy. Very thorny. Suckers a bit. When I moved in it was just left to tumble out of the flowerbed and into the grass. Canes are lax, but I tie them up to a trellis and it seems to do well. It's about 6 feet high. I only prune it lightly--it's height is pretty much what it's capable of, since I don't trim the top, and the width just gets trimmed a bit to keep it off the stairs. It smells mild to moderately of apples, with a bit of lemon undertone--pleasantly, so to me. Color is a bright, clear pink, which fades to washed out light pink, with hints of mauve. Very disease resistant, and bugs generally don't bother it too much. In the 6 years I've live here, I've never cut it back significantly, although there are a few dead/old canes that need clearing out now.
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Windermere does fantastically in my garden (6a/b in Lancaster, PA). This year (2013) has been extremely rainy, but it still only very, very little blackspot. I planted this (from a 3.83 gal. pot) in 2008, only lightly pruned/cut it back the first few years to see how it wanted to grow. With a 1/2 cut in fall now, it tries very hard to reach over 6 feet tall. It's starting to really widen, too. I've never really restrained its width; it's about 5 feet wide. It grows very stiffly upright, and only falls forward with heavy rains. (I should mention, W grows partially under the overhang of a porch, so it does have some protection from rain and harsh sun). Grows on the southern side of my back porch. (I had Iceberg right beside it--and it suffered from failure to thrive, big time). Even though the petals fracture easily and quickly, I really enjoy the citrusy smell and soft white of the blooms. Overall, a great rose from this zone/climate. And I appreciate a rose that leaf's out all around the bush...you know, making it look like a bush, and not a stick insect (cough, HT, cough).
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