Question 1: the plant itself likes lots of sun, just like any other rose, but the blooms will burn badly if they are placed where they get full mid-day sun.

Question 2: It does not rebloom well, regardless of its age. I get a reasonable Spring flush and then usually nothing again until September when the temperatures start to cool. Some of you may get better performance than that, but my 7 year old specimen still behaves this way after all these years. Hybrid Perpetuals in general tend to behave this way, and if its a climbing HP, you can expect it to be even more so, since its a known fact that repeating climbers tend to be less generous with bloom after the Spring flush.

Paul

Thank you kindly Paul. Saw your response on the Antique Forum also.

Kate

I just had to jump in here..the Doctor is one of my favorite roses!! Mine is own root, and has an awesome spring flush, but mine does bloom regularly throughout the summer..but only a few blooms at a time on the bush, and when it gets very hot,(usually August here)... it rests for it's fall flush. The blooms do burn quickly, but I still just love it.Mine is a vigorous, healthy bush..I can see it as a monster in warmer zones, because it is huge here!This is one of the roses that I will never be without..Donna

Hey Donna:

Well thank you so much for all of that. This is a really amazing looking rose. So yours is own root, that's helpful info. May I be nosy and ask where yours came from? You are in a cooler zone but does it get tall for you? When you say 'huge' what are we talking about?

Thank you kindly for your post and your thoughts on this rose.

Kate

I'm also in zone 5 and my Dr. Jamain gets about 6' high with long arching canes. Great first bloom and a half way decent rebloom towards fall. My bush gets about 4 hrs. sun,total. It does get a fair share of BS in my no spray garden but one of the main reasons I have it, aside from being a great rose for a shady area, is that the blooms are spectacular with just an outstanding fragrance.

Thanks Ken. That is very helpful. So 6' high makes it extremely manageable. Probably get a bit bigger here I take it but still that's fairly mannerly. I don't spray either but we also have very little blackspot pressure in our area of California.

I found out this weekend also that they have this rose at Rogue Valley Roses where I will be passing through this May. Trying to make arrangements to pick on up during my trip up to Portland.

Your input is much appreciated.

Kate

It's been a while since any activity on this thread. How's everyone's SDDJ doing now? Is the rebloom as sparse as described or so-so? This is one of the roses I'm looking to get this season.

That is beautiful Sheila! I love the way your plants weave together in the garden.

Wow, Sheila! What a beautiful rose with lovely companion plants. You’re really getting that “purposely natural look.” I know it’s not easy to get the roses and other plants to look like they belong together naturally, but you’re doing it beautifully! Lisa

Shelia....your picture is INCREDIBLE!!!

This is one of my favourite roses in my garden. I have mine planted in a cool and somewhat shady part of my rose garden (it gets anywhere from 6-8 hours of sun depending on time of year) and it does really well, better than I thought it would! I get three flushes per season (my plant is still young, only 2 years on the ground). It stays relatively healthy as well (it will get a little blackspot, but nothing major, and it keeps blooming and doesn't lose its leaves). I do have irrigation, so maybe that helps the blooms stand up to the sun (we don't get much heat here in the PNW).

I wish I had a picture of the full plant! I'll post these flower pics anyway..because it's just so pretty.

As you can see, there's some blackspot (these were taken in June), but this was its first year in the ground, and it seems to be getting better over time. The plants never defoliates, and the leaves look nice all season.

This is one I've pondered and now it seems I need. You guys are so bad! : ))

Sheila - what is the yellow rose next to Souvenir du DJ, is it Daybreak?

Beautiful color and vigor!

Matt, I have a noID amber, apricot yellow HT there from RVRs. Farther back is Crepuscule. That unknown rose has huge blossoms, although I've tried no ID yet.

Interesting, thanks Sheila ... that's a very nice color combination between the strong deep red and the mellow amber color. I love it.

Matt, the closest I've come on the yellow is Halloween or Fred Howard. It was supposed to be Alchymist, but I got that later and kept this one.

Wow @Sheila z8a Rogue Valley OR yours looks amazing! What's the purple companion in the very back?

@Rosylady (PNW zone 8) Yours looks amazing too! It helps knowing having it on irrigation keeps it blooming during the summer, as mine would be on irrigation too. I'm in zone 7B but it usually gets in the upper 90s here with humidity.

Ok ya'll have twisted my arm enough. I'm gonna get this rose now. Thanks for your help! :)

My purple is Otto Quast Spanish lavender.