Summer Romance is beautiful, has a good scent, and stays healthy. If it has a fault, if you could call it a fault, it gets very large rather quickly here. The first one I planted grew to 7-8 feet within 2-3 months, I severely cut it back in the summer and it grew back to 7-8 feet by late fall. Despite this I was lured by its scent and looks at Lowes this spring into getting another. I have it potted in a 20 gallon pot. Same behavior. First Crush and Dark Desire have been more contained but not as healthy as Summer Romance. I plan on trying Earth Angel next spring and hope it has the health of Summer Romance but not quite so vigorous growth.

Pure Perfume is the only rose I have not given more than a year to evaluate. The center of it's blooms turned brown in wet weather - which is often here. Quite stiff, odd petals. However - great grapefruit fragrance and nice glossy foliage. In a drier climate I'd try this one again.

Pure Perfume looked like this for me this spring, planted last fall from a quart pot, own root.

Dave, are your Summer Romance bushes own root or grafted? If they're own roots, I may be in for a surprise in the near future! At 7-8' tall, what's their width? One arrived Spring of 2015 from Chamblee's & spent last year outgrowing a series of larger pots, pinched for branching to form a sturdy shrubby framework. On April Fool's Day, saw 2-gallon plants in bud & bloom at Lowe's, but passed on them as grafted, holding out for own roots. Very impressed with the profusion of richly fragrant blooms on those for sale, plied my young SR with pep talks over a cool & dreary spring. Soon as the weather warmed with sunshine, SR obliged with sprays of buds. Opening slowly in sequence, several blooming as others swelled, the show lasted a good two weeks before the first blooms fell away cleanly as more buds opened.

Rescued two more in sad but salvageable condition from the sale table at Lowe's beginning of May, this time 2-gallon own roots perishing from simple lack of watering. Both responded to care, so now there are three. They've synchronized their bloom monthly with snap deadheading. Even with temps in the 90-100F range & high humidity that boosts the heat index considerably, they haven't rested, sending up new growth & blooms & maintaining clean foliage no spray.

Photos at HMF show some blooms darker & some lighter. Here the brighter color holds without fade, same as the 2nd photo in the series of 5 at Newflora. newflora.com/product/summer-romance-parfuma-rose/

I'm very pleased with these happy roses!

I thought they were grafted initially but Chris w/ Newflora said they should be own root and, sure enough, they were. Pinching back early would have helped but I did not as it already seemed to have a somewhat bushy habit for HT.

My Summer Romance from Lowes is about 3 feet tall

Summer romance has been great here for me. My mom has a Pure Perfume that she got from J & P probably 15 years ago and it's going strong - looks great - has had no care for the last 8 years or so.

My Summer Romance is HUGE and maybe one of the healthiest roses I grow. However it doesn't want to bloom for me. I have been advised to cut it back some, which I will do this fall and hope it puts out some buds. It is a very vigorous grower (mine wants to climb somewhat) so give it room.

Thank you so much! Summer Romance sounds like a very good rose, I'm excited to give it a try. Pure Perfume sounds like it might be a fairly good one too, I'll give it some more thought, and see if anyone else gives an opinion. I sure would like some good white roses.

You may want to check out Bolero. Itis nearly a perfect white cupped rose - great fragrance, great health.

Sara-Ann take a look at Milwaukee's Calatrava. I know you are looking for healthy roses - it's one of the EE roses. Bolero has been good here for me - first year and healthy. Other new whites I put in this year - Summer Memories and Tchaikovsky, both looking good so far. Pope JP2 has been pretty healthy as well, minor BS but great fragrance!

Edit - oops, this is NOT an EE rose - it's one of the Star roses from Bill Radler. Too much sun today :)

Summer Romance is a disappointment to me. Nothing exciting or inspirational about it. Just another pink shrub rose that happens to be fragrant. Otherwise something like the soul-less Knockouts.

Stingy with the blooms

Too tightly packed clusteres of small flowers

Leggy, spidery stems, but it is vigorous

When you look at it your eyes quickly look away, searching for something more appealin

Sorry, Kordes,

Thanks again everyone! Dave and Dingo, I'll have to check out Bolero, and the other ones you suggested, Dingo. I have PJPII, third season, love the blooms, but mine hasn't been vigorous, but I think it might be where I have it planted. Thanks very much Henrik for your opinion on Pure Perfume, beautiful picture! Thanks opuntiamc for your opinion on Summer Romance.

Judy, prettypetals posted a partial bush shot of Summer Romance in the Gallery, the blooms look lovely to me! However, roses can look quite different depending on when and where they are blooming too.

Sara I have both but have a hard time remembering which one is Pure Perfume. Lol. I planted several white this year and unless it has a tag I forget who's who.

Summer Romance right now is growing to about 5 - 6 ft tall. I have them planted in several spots and the ones that gets the most sun stays around 4-5 ft. They've pumped out blooms all summer. Good disease resistance too but I do spray. I love the sprays of petal packed blooms. Gorgeous shade of pink too. Here's two pics of them budding up again Judy

Thank you for the pictures modestgodess and Judy! I think it must be a very good rose, from what most have said it must be a vigorous grower. It's so pretty!