I know I've read (but I guess not on here) that this rose likes heat....I just want to say there is a limit. The foliage does not seem to cope with Australian heat waves (may be a combo of high UV and heat) that seem to be the new normal happening every year. Leaves have scorched badly and so have the blooms in a light brown tan that crumbles easy upon touch. The only other plant in my garden (and that's possibly because it's still in it's nursery pot....whoops) with worse foliage scorch is Man of Steel. This is sad, I really like the look of Madame Anisette's foliage too.

Also I disagree with a comment below about the blooms being resistant to balling, it balls here in rain but may be a combo of higher heat (than a user below) and rain. I do agree that it seems likely to be over 6ft tall, it's put on a lot more height/mass than most (a number of species and near species seem to have it beat...I mean schneezwerg and roxburghii have gone nuts and are as big as plants I've had 3 years or more) and seems very willing to grow from the former cluster part when the hips abort rather than further down at a more appropriate node (ie frequently dead head it)

Also on a side note, does produce big hips with seed if you pollenate it...never tried it's pollen, too many petals for me to bother looking for pollen.

I'm sure the plant is better in a less hostile environment (and for most of the year here) but does have faults to be conscious of.

Does anyone else feel like this rose is WAY taller than the desription? Mine is pushing 6 feet tall, I thought it was mislabelled but the flowers are unmistakable. It is like a climber over a path which I had planted towards the front so it wouldn't "block" the things behind it! It's ok, I don't mind! I felt like it is an improved Souvenir De La Malmaison, way more vigorous, not prone to balling, but with the same romance and sumptuousness of SDLM. And is way more hardy in my zone 5 garden. A rose fit for a queen