Beautiful rose. In your zone u might get him to live thru next winter. Just be prepared because that high graft in vulnerable. Other than that, treat him like any other rose.. I am addicted to standards. In zone 5 I have the best luck in pots and dragging them in for winter.

Ashok, I too remember Black from Tula as one of the best tomatoes I've ever tasted, but the last time I grew them, the squirrels got most of them. That, and Pink Caspian, had bites in them while green. The next year I grew more cherry tomatoes, so that even if the squirrels did eat some tomatoes, I wouldn't notice and there would be enough for all. Last year, they left my heirlooms alone! So now I'm emboldened to try the irresistible BfT and PC again. Penny, I've wondered who buys all those early seedlings. Does everyone else have a greenhouse? The place where I found mine, OSH, always has tomatoes in February, and they have a free replacement policy, so last year when the first two seedlings died in the cold, I got free replacements (so they are, in a small way, subsidizing my experiments in winter tomato culture). Of course that did mean another visit to OSH (more temptation), but surely if lots of people brought them back, they'd stop selling them so early? Or maybe the plants are so cheap ($1.29) that most people don't bother to bring them back? Still, I'd think selling plants that are bound to die would be bad for repeat business. And OSH does not sell walls-o-water.

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Wow... so beautiful. Clematis are one of the few flowers, in my opinion, where I can look at stock photos and not have to worry about being disappointed. Your blooms are even prettier than the ones the nurseries use.