Bellegallica, I'm not really good at describing perfume but I would have to say that, to my nose, GaA has a 'delicious' scent. The bloom(s) in the vase photo lasted well for 48 hours - but two of the three were already well open when I cut the spray - it was about to rain and they would have been completely ruined by the rain. However, they lasted well in the vase for 48 hours. I imagine if I had picked them when the buds were just opening they would have lasted another 24 hours. As for it not being good in the heat, I would have to disagree (at least in my conditions). We had a very hot (and unusually humid) summer this year and GaA kept on flowering all through summer. I can only imagine (and hope) that when she becomes established she will be even better. At the moment she does have some black spot but we've had quite a lot of rain and warm days lately so there really are very few roses in my garden that don't have black spot now. Tricia

Khalid: Your Michelangelo is stunning & gorgeous color-blend. LOVE THAT !! Port Sunlight (deep orange) and Molineux (yellow/orange) are known to be LOW in thorns & smaller & compact bush with little scent. Golden Celebration is wider-spaced large thorns. http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=21.225184 If it has very large thorns but wider-spaced apart, and vigorous & big bush, it could be Crown Princess Mag. (medium fruity scent large climber with thick stem). Below is cluster of Crown Princess Mag. in June, I used sulfate of potash, resulting in cluster-blooming. Crown Princess starts deep orange-yellow, but fades to lighter yellow. But when I compare my CPM leaves to your "Golden Celebration", My CPM' leaf is bigger & darker & more elongated, versus roundish & smaller Golden Celebration or Teasing Georgia leaves. Bloom color changes, with high-phosphorus fertilizer or compost, blooms shift to the red-zone, resulting in apricot/orange, rather than yellow. Since I used sulfate of potash (high potassium) my CPM is yellowish, rather than deep orange. CAUTION: sulfate of potash, anything high in potassium tend to BLEACH blooms. One fall I put too much sulfate of potash on W.S. 2000 and the blooms became whitish, rather than deep red/purple. UP the potassium, you'll lower phosphorus (needed to shift bloom to red-zone). Below is your "Golden Celebration" which I copied here to compare:

Raise the tree above ground level. Cut back on the branches that are left to compensate for root loss. Perfectly ok to grow in an oversized mound.

Since this is a new rose bed that I started last year, do you think I should focus on only purchasing the bigger bushes that will go in the back (I want a full lush David Austin, English garden look) unless I see something I can’t resist, or just buy what I love and place smaller in front and hope I’ve left space accordingly? I hate to have to move them around. Also, regarding companion planting, do I wait till I get most of my roses in place? Although those can be easily moved in winter