Focus and Bouquet Parfait are terrific plants with footprints that are wider than tall. Focus has strong myrrh scent with rather formless, smallish blooms in clusters and a nice bushy habit. Focus seems to get a little leaf spot, can't remember if it's anthracnose or blackspot. The foliage is smaller, narrower, the habit more lax. My plant is still less than 4 feet tall, wider than tall, maybe 6 feet wide. Marie Pavie is Focus' pollen parent.

Bouquet Parfait has nicer blooms, in my opinion, but no scent whatsoever. The arching canes that stiffer. In my garden, Bouquet Parfait has better foliage, larger, leathery and spotless. I have the two planted in the same bed, so I never notice Bouquet Parfait's lack of scent. Bouquet Parfait, because it's stiffer, is a bit taller, maybe 4.5 feet, with more distinctly arching canes. I'm sure it could be pruned to a compact, denser form, and in fact, it's done that way at the Lens nursery.

I'll put more shots up on HelpMeFind.

If I were to get only one, I'd get Bouquet Parfait. The clusters are really unique, with lots of substance, a nice combination of blush, cream and a yellow greenish pip in the center. Repeat of both is Hybrid Musk-ish, i.e. fantabulous spring flush, repeat bloom but not like the spring flush. Neither gets as much water as they'd like in the summer. Better irrigation might produce better repeat.

Here are whole-shrub shots of Bouquet Parfait and Focus. If you don't have broadband, view them on HMF, where they are a more reasonably size.
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Here is a link that might be useful: HMF

My sister has BP in her garden. It spots here (BS), but not to the degree to be completely leafless. Probably 50% leaf loss. If it had fragrance I would buy it for myself.
Olga

berndoodle,

those are gorgeous! Thanks for the information. BP looks fabulous, although I don't spray so the BS might be a concern. It's pretty enough that I might try it anyway.

Looks like I need to puzzle over these a little more.

I grow Sweet Bouquet, aka Focus. Here, it grows about 9' tall and wide even though it is pruned back every summer. It seems to require no maintenance. In the picture below it is in the center rear. It is one of my most disease resistant roses.

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9 feet tall and wide--yikes! A little big for the spot I had in mind! But no maintenance sounds great. I might have to look for another spot for that beauty. Thanks all!

Lucretia, I wanted to email you but I lost your email. Anyway, Golden Budda is doing fine! I am curious..you have fallen in love with OGR? Where have you gotten most of them..and which ones are doing good for you over there?

Lucretia,
Don't go by my size results. All of my roses grow very big. The Knock Out on the right side of the picture is 7-8' tall despite pruning. There's something in my soil.