Of all of the roses I've grown, this is right up there among the most impressive. However, I should stress that this rose is grown on fortuniana rootstock, which has been shown to produce the most vigorous, healthy, robust rose plants here in the desert, where summers are intensely hot. I know that Bob Martin, current President of the American Rose Society, has used this rose in his hybridization activities and speaks highly of it. Visitors to my garden find it hard to believe that it's just one rose plant, given the number of canes and blooms that it seems to have virtually year 'round.