I bought this rose waxed and boxed two years ago. It’s beautiful, disease-resistant, flowers often, all the things that are in the description, EXCEPT “compact”. I have to hack it back every year, but it easily grew to 5’ tall and 4’ wide the first year. If the flowers didn’t look exactly like the photos, I’d think it was mislabeled. You need this rose, but give it lots of space. NJ zone 7b.

I grow this rose in zone 7b, NJ, in clay soil that leans alkaline. It flowers often and the flowers really do look like smaller Heritage blooms, but they last quite a bit longer on the shrub than Heritage. The color varies with the seasons, from a lovely shell pink in spring to a deeper pink in summer and a very pale pink in late fall. I don’t notice any issues with heat tolerance. However, this rose has struggled through winter every year, with some cane dieback in spring. It recovers ok. It’s staying pretty compact for me; it’s just barely 2’ tall. I’ll need to move it forward in the border. I do very much like the blooms on this one, so it’s a keeper in my garden.