I have never grown the rose sold as La Reine, but have a couple in the cemetery that are "La Reine-type" roses in addition to Barbara's Pasture Rose. BPR is more vigorous and shapely a plant than the other ones. I grow it in my home garden right outside my office window and it blooms heavily and repeatedly. Occasionally its leaves get a bit spotty - more the "damask crud" type thing than true black spot - but generally it's clean, and has no problem with powdery mildew or rust, which are more common in Sacramento than black spot. It's a wonderful rose. A nice medium old-rose fragrance too. We are going to have at least half a dozen for sale at the open garden on Apr 12. If you have room for another rose and don't grow it, grab it! Anita

I like this rose. I ordered it from B&B Roses back when that nursery was in business, and was horrified when a gopher got it. Fortunately I found it in time and was able to rehydrate it and root cuttings. In my experience, this rose might be a good candidate for growing in partial shade. I have one in full sun and the other in fairly heavy shade. The one in the shade was a backup in case something happened to the one planted in the sun, and then I forgot it was there. The one in shade is lanky and tall trying to reach more light, but it is quite healthy and it blooms as well as the one in the sun. Rosefolly

mine balled this year with the prolonged wet weather but it’s a great rose.

Jeri - I have always had a secret doubt that my TROMN really is a TROMN - it never has quite the dark blooms of the others. Here is a pic of what we have been calling my TROMN (next to guess who? hee, hee) this past Spring - what do you think? Could it be closer to Barbara's Pasture Rose than TROMN? I got it from an old, old, bush in our old neighborhood - the lady who owns the house said it was there when they bought their house 50+ years ago. Jackie