I am dumb for even answering you on this subject...so different are our climates. Where I live in Zone 9, I prune my few Hybrid Perpetuals almost like Hybrid Teas. I take out old canes that are tired to rejuvenate the plant and trigger new basal breaks and remove dead wood. I don't prune anything as drastically as 6" though. I don't have that many HPs: Grandmother's Hat, Yolanda D'Aragon and Jacques Cartier. I took Grandmother's hat down to about 4.5 feet, Jacques Cartier to about mid-thigh height and Yolanda down to waist height...3.5 feet? Something like that. All three look very happy. All three are own-root plants. Hope this is helpful. I don't grow Mrs. John Laing. None of my HPs are what I would call "twiggy". Jerome

I don't personally have G. Nabonnand, but have heard many people on the forum say good things about it. If you're really interested, you might write a separate post and get reactions from people who actually grow it. Well, I hope Malcolm and all you Mrs. B.R. Cant lovers out there are happy. After having sworn over and over again that I would not buy another rose (and being really sincere about it), the thought of not having "the world's greatest rose" simply would not leave me alone. Over the last few days I've studied my place endlessly, searching for a large flat spot to hold this rose, and there simply was none that had any sun. This morning I had a Eureka! moment as I stood outside the house and looked down the driveway. It's very long and the terrain along it is hilly, but more than halfway down there is a flat spot where what we call the studio is located. About 20 feet away from the studio I found my spot for this rose! It just hadn't occurred to me to plant roses that far from the house but there is a water connection there and a huge rose like that would be a wonderful introduction to the roses around the house that aren't visible until you go around a curve on the driveway. Sanju, it just goes to show where there's a will there's a way. I need another rose like I need three eyes in my head but I've become convinced I have nothing quite like THIS rose in my garden. Oh gosh, how many times have I said that, and it's always been true. They are all different.... Ingrid

Wow, what an impressive collection! I've sighed after these hybrids for years, but the nurseries I buy from haven't carried them. They might do well here in dry summer, chilly winter, hilly northern Italy (though who knows). I can't answer your question, but what a great project! Melissa

Still looking for LEMONADE SPRINGS and MATRIX OF ART... but here is where I have found all of Mr. Moores' other cultivars, in case anyone else is looking. Enjoy! Availability of Cultivars Hybridized by Walter Moores as of Spring 2009 (Name of grower is followed by most recent year the cultivar was included in catalog) America's Team (TB) --R1997 -- Nicholls 09 Aril Reverie (AB) -- R1988 -- Andiris Gardens 09 ASCII Art (TB) -- R1995 -- My Wild Iris Rows (CA) 09, Napa Country 09, Prevost 09 Azure Reprise (TB) -- R1994 -- Sutton's 08 -- Cannot find current grower Burnt Offering (TB) -- R1976 -- C&T 09 Calico Ruffles (TB) -- R1991 -- Bluebird Haven 09, C&T 08 Chocolate Chess (TB) -- R1997 -- Iris4U 09, Malevil 08 Cloud Illusion (TB) -- R2008 -- To be released this year by Mr. Moores Confederate Muster (TB) -- R1999 -- Cannot find current grower Confederate Royalty (TB) -- R1994 -- BlueJ 09, Iris City Gardens 09, Prevost 09 Cranberry Cordial (TB) -- R1999 -- BlueJ 09, Malevil 09, Prevost 09, Superstition 09, C&T 08 Dante's Inferno (TB) -- R1978 -- Bluebird Haven 09, C&T 09, Prevost 09, Sutton's 08 Desiderata (TB) -- R1978 -- C&T 09 Dime Spot (TB) -- R1984 -- BlueJ 09, C&T 09, Prevost 09, The Iris Farm 09 Drifting Confetti (TB) -- R1984 -- Cannot find current grower Esalan (AB) -- R1988 -- Malevil 09 Face Powder (BB) -- R1978 -- Cannot find current grower Fall Spotlight (TB) -- R1990 -- C&T 09, Daylily Haven 09, Prevost 09 Fleshtones (TB) -- R1978 -- Cannot find current grower Flying Down to Rio (TB) -- R2005 -- Malevil 09, MidAmerica 09, Rockytop Gardens 09, Superstition 09 Foggy Mist -- R2009 -- To be released this year by Mr. Moores Follow the Fleet (TB) -- R2000 -- Malevil 09, Prevost 09, Sutton's 09, C&T 08 French Provencal (TB) -- R1984 -- Cannot find current grower Garnet Etching (TB) -- R1999 -- BlueJ 09, TNTigger 09, Prevost 08 Gold Reprise (TB) -- R1987 -- BlueJ 09, Daylily Haven 09, Nicholls 09, Prevost 09 Grandville (TB) -- R1976 -- Daylily Haven 09 Grape Reprise (TB) -- R1994 -- C&T 09, Daylily Haven 09, Sutton's 08 Haunting Music (TB) -- R1977 -- Cannot find current grower Hawaiian Surf (TB) -- R1982 -- C&T 09, Daylily Haven 09, The Iris Farm 09 Kuala Lumpur (AB) -- R1986 -- Malevil 09 Lake Reprise (TB) -- R1989 -- BlueJ 09, C&T 09, Daylily Haven 09, Prevost 09, Sutton's 09 Lavender Reflection (TB) -- R2003 -- Superstition 09 Lemon Chess (TB) -- R1995 -- BlueJ 09, C&T 09, Prevost 09, Superstition 09, The Iris Farm 09, Wild Iris Rows (TN) 09 Lemonade Springs (TB) -- R2003 -- Cannot find current grower Libra Star (TB) -- R1998 -- Daylily Haven 09, Superstition 09 Light on Snow (TB) -- R2005 -- Superstition 09 Matrix of Art (TB) -- R2004 - Cannot find current grower Miniver Rose (TB) -- R2006 -- Malevil 09, Rockytop Gardens 09, Superstition 09 Miss Scarlett (BB) -- R1979 -- Woodland 08 (now closed) -- Cannot find current grower Monterrey Jack (TB) -- R1983 -- Cannot find current grower Moonlight and Wine -- R ? -- Not yet released Night Train to Memphis (TB) -- R2008 -- Superstition 09 Ode to Kalifa (AB) -- R1978 -- Malevil 09 Off Broadway (TB) -- R1991 -- Daylily Haven 09, Prevost 09, Shadowood 09 Olympic Rings (TB) -- R1989 -- Prevost 09, C&T 08 Palo Pinto (TB) -- R1981 -- BlueJ 09, C&T 09, Prevost 09 Pansy Parade (TB) -- R2004 -- Malevil 09, Rockytop Gardens 09, Superstition 09 Peach Reprise (BB) -- R1981 -- Prevost 09, C&T 08, Sutton's 08 Pepper Blend (TB) -- R1976 -- BlueJ 09, C&T 09 Pinch of Spice (BB) -- R1983 -- Cannot find current grower Pink Reprise (BB) -- R1991 -- BlueJ 09, Prevost 09 Pink Sachet (TB) -- R1978 -- BlueJ 09 Prince of Earl (TB) -- R1988 -- BlueJ 09, C&T 09, Prevost 09 Purgatory (TB) -- R1983 -- C&T 09, Napa Country 09, Superstition 09, The Iris Farm 09 Purple Reprise (TB) -- R2006 -- Rockytop Gardens 09 Ranchipur (AB) -- R1987 -- Cannot find current grower Rudi (TB) -- R1983 -- Cannot find current grower Scorpio Snow (TB) -- R1994 -- Cannot find current grower Scorpio Star (TB) -- R1994 -- Daylily Haven 09 Scrimshaw (TB) -- R1983 -- Bluebird Haven 09 Shore Patrol (TB) -- R2001 -- Iris4U 09 Silent Screen (TB) -- R1988 -- Cannot find current grower Soft Halo (TB) -- R1982 -- Cannot find current grower Spiked Punch (TB) -- R1980 -- Woodland 08 (now closed) -- Cannot find current grower Style Conscious (TB) -- R1986 -- Cannot find current grower Summer Surf (TB) -- R1990 -- Cannot find current grower Sunshine Lady (TB) -- R2004 -- Malevil 09, Rockytop Gardens 09, Snowpeak 09, Superstition 09 Top Stitch (BB) -- R1980 -- Cannot find current grower Touched by Grace (IB) -- R2006 -- Rockytop Gardens 09, Superstition 09 Tulip Light (TB) -- R1984 -- Cannot find current grower Two Different Worlds (TB) -- R2000 -- The Iris Farm 09 Valentine Romance (TB) -- R2007 -- Rockytop Gardens 09, Superstition 09 Violet Reprise (TB) -- R1993 -- Bluebird Haven 09, BlueJ 09, C&T 09, Daylily Haven 09, Nicholls 09, Prevost 09 Violet Shimmer (TB) -- R1995 -- BlueJ 09, Daylily Haven 09, Malevil 08 Waltz Across Texas (TB) -- R1986 -- C&T 09, Nicholls 09, Prevost 09, The Iris Farm 09 Warm Puppy (IB) -- R1997 -- Shadowood 09 White Reprise (TB) -- R1984 -- C&T 09, Daylily Haven 09, Nicholls 09 Yellow Reprise (TB) -- R1978 -- Cannot find current grower