I'm growing this rose. It did grow pretty quickly for me though I kind of doubt that yours will be large and blooming this summer. You probably already know that it is a once blooming Hybrid Bourbon climber(might be able to grow as a shrub with enough room). I love the blooms. For me it has been fairly disease resistant.

thank you mendocino_rose

I am aware through HMF that it is a once bloomer.

Do you grow yours as a shrub or climber?

I have plenty of outdoor space either way. Would I need to prune it (in the future) to grow only as a shrub? I am assuming there is not 2 varieties - 1 a shrub and other a climber of this rose.

Anyone else also grow this beautiful rose?

I'm growing mine with a little support. There are shrubs behind it and a post that I've tied part of it too. I don't know how it would react to a lot of pruning. I've pruned mined lightly. There is only one variety. I'm growing other Hybrid Bourbons, Charles Lawson and Crepe Rose that have a similar growth habit. Crepe I'm allowing to sprawl. I just prune the canes that try to lie on the ground.

Hello,

I love this rose and I am so pleased to hear of someone growing it. Although I am in England I hope my brief information may be of some interest.

Here it flowers from about May 15 to June 30, and is at it's best in early June. It withstands bad weather quite well for such a large flower, without much balling, and I grew it in a rainy part of this country. It has a wonderful scent most of the time, sometimes less so.

I have grown it up one side of a 7 foot arch, it will climb beautifully. I have also grown it as a large shrub but still needs a few posts here and there to support the longer canes.

A word of caution - it resents severe pruning and will sulk for quite some time before daring to start growing again. Light pruning only is the order of the day for this rose.

I grew it with Clematis 'Etoile Violette', which is purple colour and contrasts well as it also starts to flower here in early June although continues well after the rose is finished. The rose does not repeat at all, but I didn't mind that.

Unfortunately, it is not in my collection at the moment - new home - hope to get one again sometime. I miss her so much.

Hope you will post a photo later on, just to remind me of what I'm missing, currently.

I received my band of Mme Lauriol de Barny less than 2 weeks ago. She has leafed out beautifuly and has been in the ground since day 1.

She already has 2 buds. Is it too early???
I didn't know bands could produce buds so early in the
season.

You probably need to remove the buds (or at least one of them) I grow Lauriol too and it took forever to bloom but it was worth the wait!

I'd love to see pictures of this beautiful rose!!!

My Mme Lauriol de Barny is gorgeous!

I received this band March 2013.

I am thinking whether to support her as a climber
or keep as shrub....blooms are very heavy, thus drooping

Cardinal de Richelieu band is planted in front of the Madame.

Oh lovely! I have bands of 'Mlle Blanche Lafitte' and 'Mme Isaac Pereire' that are the same size, but currently without buds. Every day I look at them 2,000 times to see how much they're grown...LOL. I wish this website had a "Scratch 'n Sniff" feature!

Interesting hobby we have, huh?
I check on my roses umpteenth times daily also.
My biggest delight is when the next morning, a bud
has awaken.....................................