I had it a coule of years and gave it to a friend as I was redoing my garden. It bloomed off and on all year for me and it was a very healthy disease resistant plant. Every time I have seen it in other gardens, it always looks great

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I've had FJ for several years. It doesn't climb very much for me, but then it has been pruned severely a few times due to some winter damage. However, it makes a lovely shrub at 5-6 feet high and puts out lovely sprays of blooms throughout the summer, so I would say it's a good bloomer for me.

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I got mine last spring and planted it in a huge nursery pot and it bloomed constantly,It was never with out blooms.Very healthy plant too.I cut it back alot trying to keep it as a large bush instead of a climber .Its a very good rose.

Jean

I have mine outside the fence at the corner, trying to get it to grow laterally in between other striped climbers. In, lets see..... maybe 4 yrs, its grown to about 4 ft. Some climber! Not much of a bloomer either. I looked in my photo file from last yr, and I have no pics of it last yr.

Here it is after a very hard pruning. Mine blooms all the time. The canes are quite stiff and very thorny.

Here is the back (shaded) side of it on the other side of the 6' wall:

Here it has recovered a little bit from the hard pruning (later in the summer).
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Beeeyoootiful shots Hoovb!! What a beautiful garden you have. Who are those lovely lavenders & mauves in the foreground of that last shot?

wow Hoovb.Thats just gorgeous.I may have to reconsider keeping mine as a bush.

Jean

Who are those lovely lavenders & mauves in the foreground of that last shot?

That's foreground to background, Purple Passion, Rose de Rescht, maybe an Intrigue peeking out, and Reine Victoria against the gateway column. Kind of shady in that area in the picture so pink looks a little mauvy.

Thanks Hoovb. I just got PURPLE PASSION last season and it didn't bloom much. Can't wait for mine to get like yors!

Last year was second season for my Fourth of July and it performed great, lots of bloom and lots of new canes. I planted it beside a pergola post. This is picture from April 2007, when it was still quite short.

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FOJ on Gazebo

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FOJ on Pergola

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Oh my Goodness.These climbers are just gorgeous,I just may have to reconsider growing mine as a big bush and figure where I can plant it climb.This is one beautiful climber.

Jean

What terrific pics, pianoman, hoovb and sachow! Intriguing! I wonder if my baby will ever look like that? And I wonder if it will be flexible enough to tie horizontally? I didn't realize it would get that tall and as it is in front of my front deck, I don't want it to get so tall either. I have Illusion planted in front of mine, and am still planning to get a cream or apricot colored rose to go next to Illusion. Hmmm...difficult to get the spacing right. Brandy

Here are some pics from this spring,