A friend in Knoxville has two of these, each growing up sides of an arch. They are spectacular. (She sprays fungicides.)
The arch is against an evergreen hedge and it is a highlight of her home.

The color can be shocking. It sometimes has a very sharp coral tint that doesn't go with old roses well. However, mine is usually a bright watermelon pink or medium red. The fragrance is moderate and reminds me of Juicy Fruit gum--apples and some other fruit. Mine doesn't mildew and is fairly resistant to blackspot, but I spray it occasionally. Resistance will vary according to the strains of blackspot in your garden.

"Cascading shrub" means the huge, heavy clusters flop to the ground. Mine is on a 10 x 10 support.

I purchased two last year to grow as climbers over an arbor. I purchased them from Roses Unlimited in June and they were in one-gallon pots and were own-root plants.

By the end of summer, they had grown quickly and both were well over 6' tall, with multiple canes. I was pleasantly surprised to get a few blooms during the summer also....luscious shade of what I would call a medium coral-pink. Love the color; looks really good with yellow IMO.

Since I live in a cold zone, my RU will never achieve the
lofty heights of those in warm zones but I do grow mine as
a short climber. Disease resistance is great and the leaves are very tough and shiny like holly leaves. The blooms on mine are a coral color, very bright and showy. It blooms in clusters and the blooms last an amazingly long time on the bush. I don't detect much fragrance, though, but with all the other positive virtues I really don't miss it. A real nice rose!

Celeste

Here's mine......
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Celeste- Wow, that is just breathtaking!
Michael- You have me a little concerned about the color but I wonder if in the south here the sun would tone the color down? I'm loving the color I see in the pictures but I know that's different then seeing it in person.
Lynn- Thank you for telling me about RU having it under a different name. I had looked on there to see if they ha it because I wanted to add it too my order coming this month but didn't see it listed. Now I know what I can add it if I want which I think I may.Yay!

I was hoping somone might grow it as a cascading shrub as that is how I was thinking of growing it. How would you think it would look in a bed with Buff Beauty (on arbor), Cornelia, Charlstonian (small pillar), Blumenschmidt, Belinda, and Mrs.D Cross? I would put Rosa Uetersen at the far end as a cascading shrub. What do you all think?

Overall you all seem very happy with it. Looks like I will be adding her to my order.:O) Now if this rain will ever let up enough to dry out the ground so I can get some work done out there. This has been the wettest/coldest winter in a loong time.
~Meghan

Let me repeat: if it is grown without support it will flop in a way I find unattractive. You get a lot of shoots 3-6' long that bear large clusters of unusually heavy flowers. A wet cluster can weigh a pound. The lower shoots will arch over to the ground with the flowers lying in the mulch.

My flowers are usually much darker than the ones Celeste shows. I've rarely seen that salmon pink.

Meghan,
I know you have your heart set on growing it as a cascading
shrub but I have to agree with Michael. I think it needs the support of a pillar or arbor. The flower clusters are huge and very heavy (and as I mentioned above,
they are long-lasting and if wet from a soaking rain they will end up hanging in the mud).

I am surprised when I see differing colorations on this rose. I have seen it pink, reddish-pink, salmon, coral,
and everything in between. Mine is true to the color you see in my photo above, which I like. Not everyone likes
such a vibrant color but I find it really lights up the garden and surely garners lots of attention. I wonder if my living in a cold zone makes a difference in the vibrancy of the color here. It rarely
gets very hot here in the summer so there is virtually no
fading. My plant came from Roses Unlimited.
I do think you should still get it and grow it on an obelisk or some support structure. The photo below shows
a single cluster of blooms which I had to tie to the support due to their being so heavy after the rain.

Celeste

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Thanks Celeste, as much as I wanted to grow it that way I have plenty of split rail fence to grow it on so that's fine. Though I'm still a little nervous of color I want to try her anyway as I like what I see and hear about her. I was hoping she would have a habit like cornelia because though mine is very young I have seen full bush shots of her growing as a wonderful cascading shrub with wonderful arching habit.
~Meghan

I had one at my last house that I supported on a short trellis. However, mine seemed to want to be a large shrub rather than a climber. I liked the color a great deal....very similar to Celeste's.

I never sprayed it and don't recall much of a disease issue with it. It always stayed nicely foliated. I like it well enough to purchase another.

I think a split rail fence would be a lovely support for it. That way it can grow the way it wants to, but you can still tie some canes up that need to be. I agree that the flower trusses are very heavy.

Sandy

As previous posters' have noted, it is a coral pink for me, too. The foliage is always very clean, even in greenhouse humidity. I agree it needs a structure for support, but keep in mind it has some serious thorns.

I saw this rose in a vase at a local nursery and it looked stupendous as a cut rose. It had apparently already been there for a few days and still looked gorgeous.

Ingrid

Yes, it is a spectacular rose for cutting.