(I'm not Kim. but...) In the Netherlands they do open! See: http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=21.198748

Hi Connie, yes ma'am! All thirteen buds opened and were very nicely scented. I was impressed with how large they were for such a young plant. Their crepy petals were quite lovely. The coloring was unexpected and also lovely. The plant put out its flush of growth in spring, flowered and is now seeming stalled. It's completely healthy so far. I'm waiting for it to indicate it wants to grow more. I attempted pollinating all but one of the blooms and sent pollen to several friends in the Rose Hybridizers Association for them to freeze and use once their areas warmed. None of my pollinations succeeded. That could be due to the immaturity of the plant, the wildly varying weather, the incompatability of what I tried it with, or it could just be sterile or otherwise resistant to accepting pollen. I plan to keep trying as flowers occur next spring. Check the photos on the rose page for images of what it looked like here. I'm thrilled Dr. Mills is once again available and people are enjoying him in their gardens around the world. Thank you to Hans and Bierkreek for all they've done to obtain and spread him around and to Anne Belovich for bringing him home.