I had mine for 3 full years and it never got over 4 1/2 feet tall. A very good rose, but it does need to be placed in a sheltered location away from cold north winds. Since mine was always in bloom it always got hit by the first cold northern blast of fall. The canes were not even close to slowing down production so after 3 years of damage I had to remove mine from it's exposed location. I think you will really like this rose if you have the right spot for it.

Well, let me tell you... I am the "Striped Rose Queen!" The only other "color" class I love more is the russet or brown/tan/grey class, which I prefer to call the "oddball" class. I've been collecting striped roses for over 16yrs. I don't have every one, but I have most that I can get. ANVIL SPARKS is one of the hardest to grow. I've been thru 2 or 3 from Sequoia and at least 3 from Roses Unlimited. They are very touchy roses. When you can get them to establish, they are really quite lovely. And yes they do blow very fast. But I don't care. I still like the blooms. I have two small plants that I got as replacements when the first one from RU died a few yrs ago. I am nursing them along, and they are really being little boogers. No blooms in 3 seasons, and only about 8" tall. One's in a pot and one's in the ground. No difference. You'd be better off trying HARRY WHEATCROFT aka CARIBIA. It blooms like a fool and even tho the blooms on it blow kinda fast too, there are so many it doesn't matter. This is a highly UNDER-rated rose. Don't remember if it has any scent or not. I don't think very many of the stripeys do. And as for ROEDEAN... Good luck getting it. Hortico is the only place I know of that carries it. And they never seem to have it. I happen to have been extremely lucky in that I managed to get one from them about 9-10 yrs ago. I tried to send cuttings to Cliff, but they didn't make it. I did recently send cuttings to the hybridizer, Frank Benardella this spring. He apparently lost his plant and wanted to start up some more. He was budding the cuttings I sent. Not sure if they made it or not. I told Cliff I'd send more whenever he has time to propagate them. He's so busy tho. Eventually I will get cuttings to him, and hopefully he will be able to get it back into commerce. ROEDEAN is one of my favorite striped roses. Another massive bloomer once established. The blooms are so beautiful and last forever. One stem can make a monstrous bouquet! (This is not the best pic... was taken last week when we had the heavy smoke from the fires) I would very highly recommend SOUTINE also. Vintage Gardens has listed it numerous times on their PDF list the last 2 yrs. I think they finally put it up on the actual website list now tho. SOUTINE is another excellent bloomer that is always gorgeous. The blooms last forever on this one too! It's also one that doesn't get affected by the thrips much. Altho it does mildew in the early spring. But well worth having. Another excellent striped rose is CARELESS LOVE. Another good bloomer and repeater. And what I love about mine is how it often throws off a couple of odd blooms that are partly striped and partly pale pink. I just got BROCELIANDE from Hortico this winter, and I think I'm going to love it! It bloomed a couple of times, but hasn't bloomed lately. But it's getting established and with our 100+ temps, not much is blooming now anyway! One other you might look at is the new one from Edmunds called ALL AMERICAN MAGIC. It's a smaller bloom, only about (barely) 3". It's been a really good repeater for a new rose. And I love how it starts out a white with red stripes, then gets a yellow glow in the center, then finishes out a pink & white stripe.

Grandifloras are more hardy than hybrid tea as own-root. Chamblee's Nursery in TX used to classify floribunda as hardy to zone 6, grandifloras are hardy to zone 5, and hybrid tea varies vastly in hardiness. My grandiflora and 5th-year own root About Face is 6 feet tall as of today 9/12/22: Hybrid tea Veteran's Honor is very hardy, it's a 6th-year own root. I moved it 4 times due to lack of sun and poor drainage, but it's always healthy. It almost died a few times thanks to moving. Pic. taken August 2022: Own-root Mirandy is VERY hardy with its long root. I regret killing this 4th-year own root per my daughter's request (it's too thorny for her when she was in kindergarten). When I dug it up, the root was at least 1 foot long, despite being next to a tree. My husband loved its color and long-lasting in the vase. Mirandy has THE BEST SCENT among fragrant red roses that I grow (Barcelona, Munstead Wood, Rouge Royal, The Dark Lady, Tess of d'Ubervilles, Firefighter). I might order it from Roses Unlimited again since I miss its fabulous scent and health. Never see blackspots on Mirandy. It did so well despite bad and dry soil (next to a tree), so I want to give it a better chance.

It does look alot like Joyce Barden. I don't remember them having tags so the name will not ring a bell if I do hear it. Honey Perfume and Bouquet are both gorgeous and would love to have both of those too. Thanks for helping!! Judy