I bought Gypsy Sue last year and only had a few blooms. First two blooms last year completely balled from rain. She made it through winter with no problems, but I am in Central Texas where it does not go below 15F. She has arching growth, but does not appear to be a climber. I have her in a pot and I also grow some climbers in pots, and Gypsy Sue is not tall enough to be a climber. The arching growth flowers from every leaf joint like a pegged rose. First Spring flush was amazing! I need to see if I have photos. The flowers were full of petals, excellent form, self-cleaning, and the fragrance reminds me of Abraham Darby. Even handled rain just fine. She needs to be deadheaded or will produce hips from every flower. There was a small second flush where the flowers were not as full, but I also forgot to give her fertilizer. We just had a lot of rain (2.5" in 7 days) and humidity to the point that I refer to this weather as a Florida Simulator. Many of my roses have defoliated from blackspot, including Gypsy Sue, but she is putting out lots of new leaves like nothing ever happened. She is nearly thornless, too. I absolutely lover her! Edit: I rarely spray and am inconsistent with fertilizing, but she is still great. I bought her in the Fall, so I cannot comment on summer yet.

SueB, if they have short robes in NOLA toile the bridesmaids can wear while having hair and makeup done that might be a cute gift for them.

I have Fragrant Blush since October 5, 2022. It was the first of my roses to get blackspot this year and continually gets blackspot, even on new leaves. I almost never spray and the only rose I have with worse blackspot is Golden Celebration, which got blackspot AFTER Fragrant Blush. Now, in May 2023, Golden Celebration's blackspot is worse than Fragrant Blush, but Fragrant Blush is right after. I have Abraham Darby that also likes to blackspot and it’s better than Fragrant Blush. I separated Fragrant Blush from all my other roses because of this. I am not sure if I messed up something with the fertilizer or soil to cause all this blackspot. But out of 62 roses, this and Golden Celebration are the least healthy from blackspot. The other issue I have is that Fragrant Blush sends out very long canes and did not like being pruned. I will try to see if I can train the canes horizontally next. Maybe Fragrant Blush just needs more time. I also have Star of the Republic and Sultry Kiss, bought at the same time from The Antique Rose Emporium, which do not have this blackspot problem at all. Star of the Republic and Sultry Kiss are very healthy. Sultry Kiss has cupped blooms that stay cupped and a strong old rose fragrance, and they last at least a week on the bush (but we have not hit 100 yet, only intermittent 90) - love this one! I don’t know why Sultry Kiss is not listed on Antique Rose Emporium’s website.

Very impressive. Do you have more photos to show?