I love standards - I have had lots but have diminished through many reasons, frost in the early days, deer devistation in later years and in between three whole heavey heads snapped off in heavey snow. I still have in the front, high standards as you are describing 5'. Two Flower CArpet and two Pearl Mediland(sp) I had four flower carpet - (one left) it was the weight of the snow that got them. Had four Crysler Imperial, frost got them and four double delight, deer saw them off, one is hanging in - should have moved it to the deerfenced back and it would have stood a chance. I find the higher standards, 5'0" as opposed to 3'6" are just about out of deer reach, so I actually can have them in the front as long as I start taking better care of them. Harrumph! When you first talked of weeping standards Jacqueline, I thought you were talking about the older ones where rambling roses are budded on to them, like Dorothy Perkins then there is a white one similar. I craved for years for these, but since having Dorothy Perkins as a rambler over a rose arch, I do not think I could ever entetain her again. It has been the worst blackspotter in my whole rose life. So that put me off having those standars with the great height of 6'0" - but they look gorgeous in photgraphs. Have fun picking out your new standards and success in ordering them. I know I want some more badly which will be happily planted in our deer-free back garden! Pauline - Vancouver Island

I know this won't be of any help to you, but wanted to share with you what a friend of mine does. She bought a tree rose from a local greenhouse. For a fee of $15 annually, they overwinter the rose in a cave and even though it looks really rough by fall (she's not a rose person), it comes back each spring looking beautiful....all pruned/shaped and extremely healthy. Wish I had a cave in my backyard!

Never mind--I guess I got the last red one and now the pink ones are showing "sold out". Knowing I got the last one makes me nervous--only heaven knows what'll show up in the mail...;) Denise

Hi, Friends, This is many years later.... but I ordered a Pink Weeping Tree Rose from Direct Gardens. ( same rose tree photo as Burpee, H Wesley and a lot of nurseries all connected. I researched and it appears it may be “Aloha, Climbing. ( Boerner bred) rose grafted on a tree root stem. I live in 6b zone. It grew very vigorously, very fragrant, beautiful, hardy, and Its been in ground for now its 2nd winter. It was beautiful for blooms after 1 year this summer 2020. They have same @Pink Weeping Tree Rose photo on Ad this year 2021 in all catalogs and on websites. I am very happy with it. I am hoping I named it correctly as “Aloha,” since they won’t identify name. Direct-Gardening photo for Ad, but my rose that I ordered from them doesn’t look like this photo or fit it’s description as a “mini grafted bush.) My Pink Weeping Tree Rose ordered from Direct-Gardening looks like my photos below... 5inch huge diameter blooms, glossy leaves, vigorous growing of course because it has been grafted from a climber. I still need to stake it this spring. I expect it to grow large since it’s from a climber.. It would be more hardy than a Weeping Tree rose with mini roses on it. Weeping Tree roses are either grafted from a climber or ground cover rose. For those of us with snow zones 6, 5, 4 and colder I would look for hardy varieties of Weeping Tree roses. I have a Wedding Dress Tree Rose, with mini white blooms, but it does well on side of home, it’s warmer and blocked from wind. A butterfly bush is next to it giving it more shelter. I find foliage of other plants give them protection in winter, too. I just have good mulch around it’s roots and that is it. I find my whole garden bed next to home gets less snow and is warmer on this sunny side. Great place for my roses.