I love this climber. It is always in bloom throughout the summer. The blooms are smaller sized, but well formed. It gets some black spot down here in humid Atlanta, but I spray when I have time, and it seems to do fine. It is tougher and healthier naturally than my hybrid teas, less disease prone. Thrips and mites dont seem to bother it much either----All in all it seems to be the kind of rose you want to have scrambling up a fence or pillar that is low maintenance but pretty.