Yes, I've been growing it since last year - although I didn't pay terribly much attention to it (or to any of my other roses) since I've had a new baby. So, for what it's worth - the rose is pretty, although not spectacular, with relatively small and sometimes slighty frazzly looking flowers, blooming in clusters. Apricot/caramel color of sorts with lighter vanilla hues toward the margins. It looks a little better in cooler weather when the colors get deeper. But it always provided a nice splash of color in the garden. I think the scent was mildly tea-ish, nothing too exciting. Very good repeat already, health ok even in my no-spray garden, if I remember correctly. All in all, cute, but not amazing. Will take some pics this spring and post. Andrea

I'm a 5b zone and I don't grow Port Sunlight, but Grace has done well for me for the past two years. She stays small but is healthy and a good rebloomer.

I give it high marks for being tough. It is in a large bed in my front yard. Started out being very conscientious about caring for this bed, but didn't quite keep it up as well as I would have liked. FT is a nice sized shrub, blooms fairly well - think it will do better when I feed it - which I haven't. The blooms are quite different than most Austins - sort of a single pretty apricot bloom that folds over - know this doesn't describe it well, but it is not ruffled like most of the Austins. I plan to put a plastic ring around it - mulch, put organic fertilizer around it, keep it well watered. I think I will be well pleased with it. It is a pretty, but different kind of rose. Another that is surviving along my front fence line [I have a big front yard] is The Lark Ascending. I have another in a pot that I plan to plant. This rose has fared like FT - not as much care as it should have been given. But tough! Don't think either rose would make a great cut flower, but as a blooming shrub, I think would be good. I am going to give both a better chance to thrive this year. They are both "growthy" and are survivors. At least they seem to want to bloom - after reading the comments, both PS and TC seems quite disinclined to bloom so will pass on them in spite of their lovely color. I will report back on both the Lark and Temerarie later in the season after I have babied and fed them. I seem to make more beds than I can care for! Trying to rectify that! A good little rose in the same color is Cubana. I have one in the same bed as Fighting Temeraire and it is a powerhouse! Great disease resistance - smaller blooms, but blooms like its on steroids!! A bit hard to find, got mine from Rogue Valley Roses as a "free rose" years ago. I love it! Check it out..... Judith

Hi all. I have been away for a while but I’m back with a paint dilemma and I really enjoy painting but not so much RE-PAINTING. Short backstory – built in 2013 and now we are moving on to finishing the basement with daylight windows. When we painted the main house there are 7 different paint colors and in all rooms but 2 my trim looks white. I know what I don’t want is creamy looking trim but I don’t know how to narrow down my paint choices to achieve that and I am not sure what exactly is making them creamy? The interesting thing is the 2 rooms that go creamy on me both have larger windows on the EAST and smaller windows on the NORTH. They also both have a bluish/greenish paint. I can’t tell if it’s the blue paint that pulls the cream out or if it’s the natural light that I should be concerned about or both? Any words of wisdom there? I am not sure where to focus my paint selections to keep my trim white! Details on the creamy looking trim rooms: My bedroom is SW Quietude and the trim is super creamy in there. My sons bedroom is more of a truer bolder blue but on the wall it casted a purple undertone (shhh-I wasn’t repainting at that point my hand was tired from painting the whole house) and the trim is definitely more creamy. We also do live in the woods so there is plenty of green out there to bounce around but right now plenty of white with all of this snow. Side note – I have BM Revere Pewter in my closet (window on the WEST) and master bath (window on the NORTH) and I like it but it’s not at all a gray it’s definitely more of a tanish color in there but it looks fine and trim is white. I struggle between just repeating the colors upstairs that I know look fine and branching out and doing something new because it’s a clean slate and it’s kind of fun if you don’t screw it up! We have an exercise room that has a window on the NORTH and a bathroom with no window at all so zero natural light. These 2 rooms both have me nervous. Any suggestions? Thank you in advance for your time. Lisa