I grow this rose in Northern Michigan(Zone 3b) in sandy soil and DEER!! with a little protection from the critters, it is my favorite rose...It is all that I think of as a grandiflora. Tall with gorgeous deep pink blooms all the time..In winter, I make a chicken wire cage, mound up the soil and fill the rest of the cage loosely with shredded autumn leaves...I rarely, if ever spray and give it slow release rose food...

If ever there was a "bullet-proof" little rose, this is it. My sister and I planted this rose on my mother's grave in a northern Michigan(zone 4) , sandy soil ,cemetery. It is partially shaded by pine trees, and still, it blooms and has lovely shiny clean foliage...