Vincent Godsiff rose is one of the best roses for Houston, TX area - even with over 3 months of 100-110 degree weather and drought - it still bloomed and the foliage looked great - not just great but beautiful - perfect and lovely green little leaves. No black spot, no disease, no dead or dried up leaves (like most other roses).I only watered it maybe every 3-7 days during the summer. Looked gorgeous with neon hot pink blooms. It’s winter now and blooms are larger with more petals. There are lots of buds and flowers. Amazing! This rose is bulletproof and I need to buy more! This should be a candidate for Earthkind rose. If you live in a hot or dry climate - this is the rose for you! (Note: Double Knockout was planted next to it all summer (3 years in that spot) and it did poorly and I shovel pruned it, while Vincent Godsiff rose bush did great, they both got same amount of water, fertilizer and mulch).

Louis Phillipe is one of my best roses in my garden with summers that have over 3 months of temperatures 100-110 degrees. I can go weeks without watering in the summer - this rose bush is strong! Very heat and drought tolerant, immune to black spot, diseases and insects. Blooms stay on the bush a long time, right now in the fall it has been in constant bloom for over 2 months and buds still going strong. Faint sweet smell and beautiful cut flowers. A bulletproof survivor rose.