I love this rose. The blooms look nearly identical to my favorite rose, Belle of Portugal, in fact I would be hard pressed to tell them apart. Susan Louise, unlike its barn-eating parent, repeat-flowers constantly. Also, its foliage is a bit darker green, yet retains the droopy leaves flushed with red when young, looking what I think to be like its R. gigantea forbear. The impossibly long and slender buds nod on their stems, and open beautifully when cut. High-centered flowers open to blousy perfection, with subtle variations between delicate pink to cream. My plant is only beginning its second year. I expect it will top 2 meters/seven feet with time, so I am happy to allow it more than usual space. I think this is not a rose for the control-queens among us. Like many teas, it seems to thrive best when left to its own devices, gradually building up a slender and open framework. I think attempts to make it "more bushy" or to bear extra-long HT stems may not end well. It was, however, the first to bloom of all my roses and managed an occasional flower right through the winter months in this mild zone 10a area. There have been no disease problems so far, knock wood. I got it from the amazing Burling Leong at Burlington Nursery as a well-rooted cutting. It took off like a rocket as soon as the weather warmed. I was very glad to find it.