Mine is about 35-40 years old, planted by my grandmother before I was born. If you let it grow, it will become very tall and ugly, with stiff nude canes, like every Hybrid Tea rose. But it can be pruned very badly, I mean brutally, merciless, and it will not suffer if you do it in the right season. I did so when I started caring for the garden, which was abandoned since a decade. A "good" size, when the rose looks green and fine (not sticky canes) is about 150-180cm (5-6 feet). Mine does not behave like a climbing rose, not at all. It is a bush. I have only one other HT, Peace (meilland) and it seems to be on average 1 feet taller than QE, so 180-210cm (6-7feet). As QE, it can grow taller, but it will look ugly.

Krissay, Where are you located? Are they mulched? How long have they been in place? If they were newly planted last year, they are working on growing roots and settling in so they have enough root structure to grow above ground. They will grow more above ground over the next years to reach size. ”How often should I water them?” That depends on where you are and temperatures and how much natural precipitation you’ve had and soil type and if they are mulched and . . . etc. The easiest way to determine if they need watering is to stick your fingers down several inches into the soil and feel how moist it is. The goal on a new plant like this is moist soil, not dry and not soggy soil. When you water, water slowly over a longer time period so that the water sinks in deeply. That encourages the roots to grow deeply, making the plants more resistant to future dry spells. Before watering again, wait until the soil is only very slightly moist. Be sure to check the original potting soil and the native garden soil around the original root ball. Mulch such as shredded bark will also help maintain more even moisture levels and keep soil temperatures more even as well as reduce weeds. Where I am, I watered my panicled hydrangeas (the species of which LL is one) for the first three years only as needed when I checked the soil. They haven’t been watered since and are now almost 10 years old, even when we had a 6 week spell of almost no precipitation a couple of summers ago. But I am in northern New England, a location where temperatures are far more moderate than in most parts of the country, and usually we get regular rain. “My LL are not growing much.” There is an old satin Gardening that the first year they sleep, the next they creep, and the third they leap, and for shrubs, it may take a bit longer. I always view gardening as a much needed (for me) life lesson in patience.

We broke our records too although I would not have minded giving some of the water to California. We got such a pounding of rain in earlier months that I finally turned 'on' the sprinkler last weekend but... it is raining again today so I guess I could have put it off a week or so. Lakes in my area are still "overflowed" from rain further north but "local rivers" are down to near normal.

If you like unusual white moderately compact lacecaps l, also consider 'Lanarth White'. Gets 4 maybe 5' and flowers look like a Dogwood! Like Wedding Gown they keep opening over time in the center to make a fuller head. Beautiful dark glossy leaves too.