A doppelganger would be an uncanny and unrelated look-alike, coming from the old idea of a "paranormal double of a living person." Nowadays, if someone said "I saw your doppelganger at the mall" it would mean "there was someone who looked JUST LIKE YOU that I thought it WAS you....but it wasn't." Oh, and I have no ideas about a doppelganger for 'Yves Piaget' but I will say this -- no matter how close the match, if you really want the real thing, the substitute will never completely "do" for you. I'd say to just hold out until you find what you really want -- especially since if you find it later, you'll end up getting it anyway. :-) ~Christopher

lol funny you ask ...it started off doing pretty well. It was growing and filling out nicely, probably about 3.5 x 2 (but probably not fully grown yet). There weren't tons of flowers but they were large, gorgeous and the fragrance was incredible. I did plant it deep. It did tend towards some bs and/or mildew but the blooms were worth it (for me at least). For most of my roses, I let them get established and then stop winter-protecting once they are "old enough" to take care of themselves. After several years, none of my roses get winter protected except the David Austin "Evelyn". Last winter, I only protected about half the amount I normally would to start weaning it off winter protection. However, in Toronto, last winter was pretty horrible in that we had periods of time of freezing cold temperatures, really cold even for us, but very little snow and snow cover. Come this Spring, Yves was dead. A lot of people lost quite a few garden plants, lots of things didn't make it, and Yves is clearly VERY borderline hardy (even Celine Forrestier makes it through my winters now with no winter protection other than fallen leaves). Live and learn I guess. I waited throughout this summer to see if it might come back but no luck. I will be buying another for next year as the blooms were wonderful and I definitely want it in my garden. I will however be winter protecting completely from now on ... just like Evelyn ... I guess some roses will just always need that here :)

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Diane. Yves Piaget blooms are wonderfully fragrant, frilly confections and it grow and blooms fantastically in hot dry climates. The bush itself just grows with an awkward shapeless form. It kind of remains open in the center and the grows branches at odd angles of various lengths. Not at all "octopus canes" like some Austins. Just plain awkward, in a way I haven't seen on any other roses. Around here, it doesn't seem to mind my "deep stem cutting". This keeps it tidy and a nice size, that fits in perfectly with Bolero and Gruss an Aachen and other similar sized roses. My olive tree shades it from about noon until 2:30 pm, just until the sun makes its way up and over the tree. So, Yves Piaget gets a little break midday. Last year I had the tree severely trimmed in February, so Yves was in full sun all day. It was fine last year too. I'm curious to see if I notice anything different this summer with this midday break from the sun. Maybe the blooms will last longer in the summer heat? I don't have problems with Yves blooms frying or blowing in the summers though, so I don't know if I'll notice anything. Lisa