I have grown DD in my dry and hot zone 10 climate for more than 15 years now and both my plants do great. They don't like my alkaline soil that much and can get chlorosis but this can be corrected with some citric acid and iron chelate. It's flower production is not as massive as say Firefighter or Perfume Delight or Happy Child or Sonia Rykeil but I've always got at least 1 or 2 every week in between the bigger flushes. it is consistently very fragrant in both cold and hot weather. It is one of the first to start flowering and one of the last to finish. It lasts well as a cut rose, opens slowly and looks good for a long time. It is one of my favourites of all time.

Lynn (Desertgarden) is right about Pink Peace doesn't like it dry ... it died on Seil's zone 6a winter, since she has sandy soil. Roses die in my zone 5a winter not from the cold, but from dryness. Pink Peace likes my wet clay, and survived my zone 5a winter. I found a link to Denver Botanical Garden in zone 5a, Colorado. They don't grow Pink Peace, not a surprise since Colorado is both cold and dry. See link below for roses grown in Denver Botanical Garden, Zone 5a: Here is a link that might be useful: List of roses grown in Denver, CO, zone 5a

I love all the discussion in this thread! Special kudos to jeffcat for his fragrance efforts and so diligently reporting his findings back to all of us! :) It is so true that all of our noses interpret scent differently. I guess "citrusy damask" is what I think of Double Delight, but with a special added something that I think everyone in this thread is trying to put their finger on: sharp top note? chemical? peach? clove? ______? I actually do agree with hoov who described the unique element of Double Delight as chemical, yet pleasant. I would never have thought of it that way, but I read that and immediately thought yes! weird! I get that too! But I would never describe Double Delight's fragrance as like peach or clove. (I don't have any rose I'd consider peach scented. I have Lady Hillingdon, in which I definitely detect apricot fragrance and I actually detect that same scent in Apricot Beauty tulips, but it is maddeningly faint.) kstrong, interesting I have read descriptions of Double Delight having a "spicy" fragrance, but I don't get that clove element from DD at all. I have Secret Garden Musk Climber and love it (For others reading, it is not in fact "musky" at all, but pure clove scent. Yummy!!!) jeffcat, maybe an interesting connection here. I have several red roses that go through a distinct clove element phase that doesn't predominate overall, but is just there at certain later stages of bloom. (I'm thinking of Gloire de Hollande and Royal William at the moment but I know there are others.) I'm wondering if in mentioning Crimson Glory and Liebeszauber you're picking up the spicy/clove element that others are getting from Double Delight...? I don't remember the scents of Garden Party, Charlotte Armstrong or Summer Fashion-I clearly need to get sniffing! I do also love the fragrance of Pope John Paul, very intense citrusy damask to me. And yes Secret is another strongly fragrant rose I grow. I don't know how to describe that fragrance except to say that it's strong ;) I wanted to say, too, that fragrance comments posted on roses forum have really influenced me to try roses that would have otherwise escaped my notice. Serenasyh, I have seen varieties of roses several times in public places look/smell like nothing, but trusted some experienced posters here and the roses have turned out to be been real fragrance winners. But I only discovered that once they were growing in my own yard and I could enjoy them at all their stages of bloom. So Lemon Spice is still on my list to buy. :)

Hmmm... Garden Party? Will have to check that. What would be strange is I have two of these bought from different places (Walmart body bag and the other J&P from a local nursery) and BOTH are identical in form, color, etc... Kind of led me to believe that it had to be a nature thing because they are in the same garden. Guess we will just have to wait and see how they do with age. Thanks! Michelle