Most burgundy roses fade to mauve/purple/lavender - fried black crispies - if they are planted in full sun positions - to maintain this colour most have to be protected from midday/afternoon - full sun exposure. Tradescant is a very fragrant incredibly beautiful Austin rose that can be shaped to size - but Munstead wood will probably stay lower. Propero might also be worth considering in a hot climate - but it is more red/pink in warm climates. A modern rose that is remarkable is Grafin Von Hardenberg - but it might get too big?

Found a useful post by Skiekitty in below link: Favorite Fragrant 'Blue' Roses in the Roses forum - Garden.org Skiekitty Oct 17, 2012 9:23 AM CST Name: Toni Denver Metro (Zone 5a) Blues I have: Purple Heart - OK scent Melody Parfum - HEAVENLY scent, gorgeous form Escapade - Good scent Babara Streisand - Good scent Angel Face - OK scent Blue Girl - Very good scent Sterling Silver - Good scent Stainless Steel - OK scent Singin' the Blues - OK scent Royal Amethyst - OK scent English Perfume - HEAVENLY scent Tardi Gris - Good scent Poseidon - Good scent Magenta - Very Good scent Blue Bayou - Good scent Orchid Masterpiece - Good scent Silver Cloud - Poor scent Macho Man - Good scent Othello - HEAVENLY scent Intrigue - Good scent Heirloom - Good scent Midnight Blue - Poor scent Wild Blue Yonder - Poor scent Outta the Blue - Very poor scent Lavender Lassie - OK scent Lavender Dream - OK scent Lavender Simplicity - Good scent Memorial Day - Good scent Fragrant Plum - Very good scent Paradise - NO scent Koko Loko - OK scent Rhapsody in Blue - OK scent Purple Splash - OK scent Clare de Lune - OK scent Silver Star - OK scent Ebb Tide - Poor scent Nicole Carol Miller - Good scent Voluptuous! - Very good scent (not sure if you want to put it in the "blue" category as it's a fuchsia/magenta) Charles de Mills - Very good scent Cardinal de Richelieu - Good scent Cardinal Hume - OK scent (in the "violet" family, not really "blue) Natasha Monet - Good scent Florence Delattre - Good scent Blue Heaven - unknown - didn't bloom Purple Tiger - unknown - didn't bloom as I just got it Ruby Voodoo - unknown - didn't bloom The above was posted by Skiekitty, zone 5a Colorado in garden.org.

Well, bluegirl, I am a heretic. I don't feed...anything. The soil and water are already too salty, so I don't use inorganic food. There are too many moles and gophers. I haven't amended and the only "mulch" is what I shred from the other trees and shrubbery (mostly creeping fig, bamboo and bougainvillea). The soil has been fallow for thirty-plus years and I'm not doing anything to increase earthworms so I don't use any organics to provide the moles more of them to burrow for. There are many rabbits, squirrels, chaparral rats, coyotes and probably a stray bob cat or two, so I'm not using anything they can consider "food". I let the weeds grow because they literally mask the new rose shoots from the vermin who are determined to eat them. The hill is mostly natural, though cleared for fire and we back up to native chaparral hillsides, so preventing the "wild life" is virtually impossible. The roses which perform well with these conditions have earned their places here. Those which don't, go away. I agree with you, though. Blue for You is drop dead gorgeous, healthy, vigorous and intensely fragrant. Because it is patented, I presume Heirloom obtained it in the batch of Euro Desert stock they received from Vintage, and is working on licensing. Though, I have no first hand information to that effect, it seems the most logical to me. I hope someone finally releases it again. It is head and shoulders better than Rhapsody in Blue in my climate. Kim

Looks like I'll be ordering SBP when next Heirloom Roses has their end of the season sale. YOU BUNCH OF ENABLERS!!! (lol) Thank you all for your input. I have two Heirlooms and they are, at best, temperamental. I also don't care for the fact that, like my Melody Parfumé and Wild Blue Yonder, the flowers don't last in a vase. I'll keep all posted on the outcome of my experience when I plant her. Thanks again, Adrian.