I planted 3 of these roses along a southeast facing wall March of 2015. All three have grown very fast and are blooming well, BUT, this rose is quite suseptible to blackspot. We did have a very wet El Nino winter here in Northern California, and it does not completely go dormant here in zone 9b. As a result, it holds onto some leaves for a long time. In Early Spring, some of it's lower branches began defoliating because of blackspot. I have begun spraying with an essential oil spray from Dr. Earth, and cleared out all it's mulch, so I can easily pick up any blackspot infected leaves that hit the ground. It is just hitting it's first spring flush and the flowers are beautiful, they are full and heavy and often end up facing downward. One thing I did not foresee, is that I am having to train the new vigorous red canes, so they do not obscure the older blooming canes that are secured to the wall. For now, between spraying, picking up fallen leaves and training canes, I am considering these roses to be rather high maintenance.