I have had this rose for about two years now, and it is one of my favorites. It does well in the sunny heat of summer, in the partial shade of fall, and it is consistently a huge plant (over 5'). The blooms are consistently big. The best color is in the cooler temps of fall when it starts out a lovely peachy color which deepens to scarlet. We have thrips in the summer and this bush seems to have more resistance than some.

I have had this plant for two years now; purchased from the local nursery. I live in the desert, and the first year, it was planted where it got watered from the lawn sprinklers in addition to drip irrigation. Like others mentioned, there was a real problem with mildew in the spring. In the summer, the blooms burned, and in the fall, the blooms turned a rather nondescript brown. This year, I planted it in the back of the garden where it is on drip irrigation and gets no water on its leaves. I am pleased to say there was no mildew whatsoever, and the foliage was a beautiful glossy bronze color turning to deep glossy green. The plant habit is not bushy: it sends out a number of longish stems, each with a bloom on the end. The color is stunning at first, before the bloom opens entirely, but then turns into a rather nondescript flower, especially if the temperatures get above 90. It doesn't really stand out in the garden, so I think I will try cutting it and bringing it inside - see how long it lasts.

Surreal is a compact, pretty garden rose in my desert climate. Foliage is dense and doesn't burn, even in our current heat wave of temps reaching 116. It flowers in flushes, and the blooms stay on the plant for a long time. It does well in the heat ( by that, I mean it blooms when the temperatures are 110 degrees, albeit the blooms are small and without the intense color they can have in cooler temps).