I'm in Zone 6b and planted this rose last spring. The rose did pretty well all things considered - it is not disease resistant and we had a horrible round of black spot last year. Both of these roses did fine and continued to bloom despite the black spot. The blooms were not very frequent, but it did bear multiple blooms at once throughout the season. The blooms are very pretty and last exceptionally long - it is not unusual for this rose to have blooms that last longer than 10 days. I enjoyed the scent, although it is not very strong. I did not see much growth from either of these roses, but did not expect much considering they both had black spot. Both roses did survive the winter and are starting to grow new shoots now.