I planted two of these roses on either side of the arbor in June of 2020. June of 2025 and they have completely filled in the arbor across the top and are covered in blooms. (They do get some high shade for several hours of the day; I live in northern IL.) The bees love these roses and it has a lovely fragrance on warm afternoons. I just absolutely love these roses and I'm so glad I planted them. They do have a lot of thorns. The first flush is the best; it will continue to push flowers throughout the summer. They've been subject to a couple of polar vortexes and I have not had to cut out any dead canes.

Planted in spring 24, and it bloomed all summer, even during the heat! Of my explorer roses from HR, this one has the strongest fragrance. (My others are John Davis and William Baffin.)

I received these and they were very healthy and packaged very well. I planted them about a month ago in zone 5b and they have already doubled in size and look very healthy. I am so excited and can't wait for them to grow up my trellis and bloom.

Very vigorous and healthy growth in my zone 5 Denver garden. No winter dieback, giant climber canes. A real winner for cold climates; I'm collecting more of the Explorer series roses!