Pink H.P.s that I love dearly include: 1. I've never seen an H.P. as delicate as: "Comtesse Cecile de Chabrillant", Darling pink roses have a delicate shape and style, and foliage is abundant and attractive making this a good plant for near the front of a border. Fragrance is moderate. Near San Francisco this rosebush blooms as often as an average H.T.. I love this rose more and more each year. 2. "Arrilaga" produces amazing roses, large pink rose blossoms that have a spiral center, of an elegant hue, which can appear a bit bland in too much sun. A rose I could never mistake for any other. Lots of foliage makes this a pretty plant. "Mrs. John Laing" for for its' lovely though elusive lilac hues which however only show here in the cool spring and autumn. I planted alyssium around her to help cover her bare calves. 4. "Pauls' Early Blush" I've long preferred this pink rose over the Bourbon S.D.L.M. for a shorter border plant. "Early" is a true statement, it blooms weeks before the other H.P.s and also blooms as often as an average H.T.. 5. "Miriam Wilkins" if you can find it in Europe,blossoms of a medium pink, very fragrant and one of the healthiest H.P.s I've ever seen.. 6. "La Reine" and "Grandmothers Hat" I love equally. I find "La Reine" to be more fragrant. All the roses listed above are grown without any spray near San Francisco, where conditions favor p.m. greatly and blackspot less often. "Ulrich Brunner fils" a bit of a gawky plant, but fragrant, substantial blooms, gets more p.m. than those listed above where I live, but not enough to defoliate at all, or decrease bloom. "La France" was originally sold as a Hybrid Perpetual though I would consider it borderline for its long buds. I would grow it for it has a lovely fragrance. Red I was recently seduced by "Hugh Dickson" which wowed me in a neighbors garden, for I usually greatly prefer pale roses to those of a red color. Very large crimson roses sometimes open wide enough to show yellow stamens. Truly deeply richly fragrant of Damask rose. In our part of the world, it is very healthy for a red H.P... "Yolande d'Aragorn" was suggested to me for its beauty and fragrance. Best wishes for beautiful roses, Luxrosa

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

So sorry about that mishap, Masha. I hope your rose grows back quickly. Aimee, I have Bermuda's Kathleen and I can attest to the fact that it does well in the heat, since it's planted in full sun in front of a heat-radiating large boulder. Then it was half-buried by squirrels who were excavating under the said boulder and dumped all the dirt under the rose. In spite of that it's still blooming and putting out new shoots. It's not at its most attractive now and under these conditions but it was lovely last year and seems to be in constant bloom. I haven't grown the other two and can't make a comparison. Actually, I just remembered that I grew Archduke Charles years ago and for me it was mostly a very dark pink without the lighter coloration. It must have been the heat. Ingrid

Perle's scent is very light. Her apricot blooms fade more quickly in sun, but they are charming either way. Perle is quite thorny and grows into a substantial bush. In its shadier location, my Perle can easily top 6 feet even when pruned regularly. Her buds are like tiny high centered Hybrid Tea buds. She is very healthy. Like Marie, Perle blooms late spring through fall. Something else to note about Marie Pavie: she's thornless. Carol