I’m in zone 8b. Hot, drought prone SW Louisiana. The roses that do well here are knock out roses. My mom loves roses and I wanted to get her something a little different as a gift.
I waited until a full season before I made this review. I put in 3 Cassie shrub roses last spring. They came looking kind of sad, just a few twigs. But within a few weeks, they exploded with growth and bloomed all summer into fall. I did very little supplemental watering. I fertilized with alfalfa when I put them in, but that was all. I did not spray. They did get some spots. But we did not mind. I trimmed off the worst parts a few times over the season, but they continued to bloom profusely.
Over the winter we had a particularly hard freeze that took out a lot of my mom’s perennials. We are almost starting from scratch. But these little roses survived! I’m honestly astonished. They are already putting out buds and it’s March. They are full of green leaves and look awesome. All three survived the freeze and the drought last summer and look healthy,
I will fertilize again with alfalfa and some epson salts- but plan on doing very little with them. I mostly plan on replacing the purple salvia I had planted around them (beautiful combo).
Bonus- the little bees and butterflies appreciated them. We always try to plant with pollinators in mind. So we were happy these roses worked for that purpose too.
I’m here ordering 4 more!

I bought this rose amongst others because it is the name of my younger daughter.i did not know what to expect . to my surprise, it blooms continuously with these white dainty flowers in clusters. Currently I have it in a pot, maybe when it is a year old I will transplant. I may buy one or two more.

Beautiful & dantiy white flowers covering the entire bush. I received in early August, no foliage at all & in less than 3 weeks she had exploded with tons of leafs & buds everywhere. Since then she's been continuously blooming. Truthfully I bought this rose because of the name. My sister's name is Cassie so I got it for her along withe the Desire'e rose (my name.) I am usually not one for small roses, I prefer large 4-6in blooms with the double/cupped or pointed look & fragrant BUT this rose has proven to be a very beautiful bush & can hold her own with the best of them. I've had no issues since I received her & I must say she has become one of my faves in my rose garden even with her tiney tiny flowers lol. Also I've noticed that the honey bees love this rose for some reason. They visit her quite often compared to the other 64 roses I currently have. Can't wait to see how she does next year when she's more established. Currently have her potted & she's thriving.

Such a beautiful rose bush with the cutest tiny little white flowers. I am usually not one for the small roses but I do love this one & bonus, has the same name as my sister so that makes it extra special. Can't wait to see it grow next season.

I purchased this rose the year it came out, and my wonderful specimen is still going strong and is one of my all time favorites. It is a very well behaved bush. I have never trimmed it or fertilized, and it still is perfect! We live in hot dry central Texas, and have heavy red clay soil in areas, but our garden area does have about a foot of somewhat better soil on top of the clay. The soil the rose is planted in was never amended. I purchased this rose because of the amazing story behind it, and think of young Cassie Bernall and her faith each time I see it. This rose is really very easy, and its sweet blossoms just radiate innocence. This rose also has the honor of being one of just 5 roses (out of 40 or so) that survived our terrible drought of 2011......that year was so hot and dry that the cactus in the cow pastures was shriveled, and we only had enough water in our wells for the stock troughs for animals. Sadly, we lost almost all of our roses, perennials, and some trees too - but our Cassie rose never blinked an eye. Always cheerful, always in bloom! You couldn't have picked a better rose to represent Cassie.