This is one beautiful rose. I ordered three of them and put them in the ground in late March - about 2 months ago. The blooms are fantastic, and the fragrance very unusual to my nose - a bit like Souvenir de la Malmaison. I would highly recommend it for California people
I like it a lot. It is in a bad spot, and wasn't getting water for a long while there - so went into decline. It is doing much better this year. It is thorny, so not fun to prune in winter - but the flowers and growth are really lovely.
We saw 'Pat Henry' (the rose) when visiting Roses Unlimited in 2010 and thought it was a stand-out rose, with beautifully decorative blooms and equally lovely healthy foliage. I will upload the photo taken that day.