Given the classification of this rose, I wonder at its parentage. It lacks the limber trainable canes that I'm used to being associated with Wichuriana ramblers. The canes are stiff, thick and armed with some of the most wicked blood thirsty thorns I've yet to encounter in a rose. Its growth is more like a large awkward shrub. The flower are single and pretty, a bright cherry color followed by numerous deep wine colored hips in the fall. Of the John Clements roses I've tried, I like this one the best, although I've only tried his "ramblers", none of which ramble very much, but all have been pretty. I will have to add a photo of this one to the database this spring when it blooms, as a tribute to John Clements.