Oh Kate, thank you so much for your response. I will have to see how the plant does next year. I don't anticipate getting the plant until April or so of next year.

I also grow Pomponella and mine is a few years older than Kate's. It's still not a particularly prolific bloomer, but the heat in the 90's hasn't seemed to bother it particularly, and it cycles off and on several times in a season. We get plenty of heat, but not as much as zone 9, so you might have different results. It seems better at hanging onto its petals than some very double roses like Austins, and those heavy blooms definitely prefer periods of heat to open up properly.

Cynthia

I purchased PomPom Veranda from Roses Unlimited last srping (2014). It has done extremely well with a very consistent supply of flowers on a small bush in a pot. We've recently had 2 weeks of 99-100 degree temps and a few leaves scorched but it is otherwise doing great and has already put out new buds.

I've had my 3 Pomponellas for eleven years. In my growing season I tend to get 3 to 4 flushes of profuse bloom spring and fall are the best and longest lasting. Like Kate's the hottest part of summer is one of her down times. They make beautiful shrubs for me with very healthy foliage about 6'x6' after a few years. The flowers will ball in very wet humid conditions like this year. But this year is not the norm (not sure if it's ever normal anymore). The flowers are small but many of them. I really like mine.

Nipp, Junco and Patty, Thank you for your responses. I guess I will have to plant them in spots where they can get big. I am excited about getting them and seeing how they will do.