I did, until RRD took mine out. Imagine 'Mme Isaac Pereire' but more climber-ish, and with healthier (for me, at least) foliage, and that's basically 'Mme de Sevigne'. I had mine in the center row of a mixed bed, and spread the canes wide, with support from some tree branches I stuck into the ground. I've read the phrase "self-supporting climber" used about this rose, and that's pretty accurate, except that when blooming, the canes can be too heavy and would appreciate some support. I think it would do well against a fence.

For me, it bloomed in two flushes without pause from late May through about mid-July, after which time I shortened the flowering laterals while dead-heading. By the cool-down in late August, it was blooming again. New canes from the root tended to emerge after the first flush, and sometimes they'd bloom in the Autumn flush, but generally they'd be next year's flowering canes.

This rose was given full-sun here, and wouldn't get any blackspot until after the Autumn flush, say late September through early October, by which time everything in the garden was getting ready for the first frost. This was without any fungicides at all -- even before I was using potassium bicarbonate mixes. Of course, the caveat there is that that's how it grew here -- your mileage may vary.

Overall, I'd highly recommend it.

:-)

~Christopher

Thank you for the introduction to this Rose. I've been wanting a MIP, but didn't think it would do well here with such heavy disease pressure. This may be a substitute and I'm partial to climbers.