I am really surprised actually, about how well Mrs. Herbert Stevens does here. When I bought her ~10 years ago, I had my doubts about it, after all she is an old hybrid tea and I am in wet and cool seaside Dutch climate. She did get quite a bit of frost damage in the winter of 2010 (?) when we had temps dropping bellow -15C, but overall the damage was less than I expected, nearby Kordes roses suffered more (I lost Laguna then for example).

Also, I replanted Mrs. Herbert Stevens later on, in a bad spot in a shade, where she could climb its way to full sun - and she is doing surprisingly well, no bad foliage issues, good rebloom for an old rose, and tbh I do regret that placement, since she is one of the best white roses I have owned. I do notice the peach shading btw, as in the descriptions, so it can be climate related, then it fades to pure white. Much more delicate and graceful than Iceberg.

climbing Mrs. Stevens has been a vigorous rose in my garden. I started it from a cutting in 2002, planted it in the ground in 2003 and within 6 months, it covered the garden arch. I feed it generously and it blooms in flushes, most lavishly in spring and fall. The canes are flexible and easy to train. The bush is vigorous and I rein it in with selective pruning to keep it from overpowering the arch where it grows. The blooms hand and nod gracefully from their slender stems. I do spray our roses, but Mrs. Stevens seems more disease resistant than my HTs.