Thank you so much, BenT! I have been asking this question in different fb groups and have not received any answers. I truly appreciate, have been wanting to plant in ground but wanted to make sure. The summer sun can get up to 100 and even exceed it sometimes.

Holy Cow, Ben!!!!! Your roses still make me almost fall over with amazement!!!

I have Francis Meilland too. I got it from the recommendation on someone. I am in zone 10 in hot humid Florida. I have not gone through a summer with it as of yet.... Mine gets morning sun til about 1:30 to 2:00. He is doing quite well.... I hope mine looks likes BenT's pic once it gets established.

I actually just sold mine cheap to someone. I live in Victoria BC, zone 8b-9a, mild coastal climate. It really wasn’t a great performer for me. The occasional flowers were very large, yes, but there were simply so few of them and so far apart in time that I decided to give the spot to something else. Mine was in full-sun.

Any updates on this rose in part shade?

Deborah, mine planted last summer is sitting like a lump. Hopefully growing roots.

Mine gets late morning sun through evening.

I sure hope that it gets with it this year.

I think it was Sunny in Mississippi who posted last year that Francis likes a LOT of fertilizer.

Hi BenT! How many FM do you have there to create that headge? How far apart are they planted? Its gorgeous!

Jennifer,

That’s a public garden near my house, they probably have a bed of 30 FM.

I bought a Francis Meilland at a big box store and it wasnt Francis Meilland but an imposter named Jubilee Celebration. I'm not mad about it at all though but I am happy to see that the real Francis Meilland does well in FL because I still plant to get it.

I'm so hoping that Francis takes off this year. One more year for you Francis.

Mine was an own-root 1-gal from Heirloom in January, so I put him in a pot with a lot of morning sun. If he does well, he gets a spot in the garden...somewhere!

Kristine, Francis is pouting because he doesn't like his name. Diane

Maybe I should call him Fransisco or Frankie

Or Paco!

Ha, ha ha! Francisco , Paco!

My Francis M a season ago was lovely first year in full afternoon sun 6-10 hours! Loved the sun & started blooming well for a Heirloom Roses own-root, but door swung & broke it -way off in mid-winter snow-killed it! She went to rosy heaven. The funeral was a rosy occassion. Many of her friends sent roses!!! ! No problem! I ordered another….. she’s a beautiful classic rose for vases! I melt when I see her bloom! My new Francis Meilland , when she’s delivered, has a reserved spot in my garden in my new -soon to be enlarged “oval back yard rose bed,” in full afternoon sun! Blooms the most the more sun!

Ben, How heavenly that Francis M rose hedge!!! She is a wonder!

My 2021 Francis Meilland, 5-6” bloom

I will be showing those pictures to my Francis ( who is named after a man) to inspire some get up and get with it .

Make a man out of him, Kristine. Do you remember Francis in Malcolm in the Middle. He had such bad behavior his parents sent him to military school. And it probably was just that name that caused his problems.

Kitty, your Francisco es muy hermosa y delicioso. Pero, no macho. Diane

Kitty - heavenly!!! Mmmmm :)

Diane - I could understand that. LOL Do you speak Spanish?

Diane, ha ha. Good one.

Francois is his new romantic name. Maybe if he sees himself as a debonair ladies man he will Puff up with ego and strut his beautiful blooms.

My eye surgeon from years ago was Francois, and he was French. Graduated from the University of Paris. But he didn't fit your description of puffed up and strutting. But in a rose that would be good. Diane

Diane, Ha Ha, ha ha! Muey Bien! I like Francois as his new name! He can parlez vous Francais with me anytime.

Thank you!! i have 2 FM that inplanted 24 inches frol each other in hopes that it creates one big bush!

Carol, como estas, amigo? There should be an upside down question mark at the beginning of that sentence. Many moons ago, I could speak some Spanish, but, sadly that language has slowly disappeared from my aged brain. You need people to converse with who are fluent to keep up your skills, which I didn't have, though if I had some get up and go, I might enjoy practicing a little Spanish even now. Clare knows some Spanish, but I think she'd run from me if wanted to practice. And my friend, Nancy, spent several months with a Central American family, trying to hone her Spanish skills. She does not have good facility for language, but was always trying to learn them, partly because she traveled everywhere. I really admired her efforts, but sadly, Italian and French were a bust, too. I don't think she'd like to practice Spanish with me, either.

Jennifer I don't know anything about Francis' growth habits, but if those were two Austins planted together that closely in my garden, SW Idaho, zone 7, they would eat each other alive, except maybe, Munstead Wood. Mine have gotten quite large but are kind to their mutual neighbor, Twilight Zone. The Meilland roses I grow are pretty big, too, but I don't grow many. I love them, though.

Kitty, do you parlez with Anastasia? Diane

Francis = male. Frances = female.

I knew that, Susan, but when you name a guy Francis in this country, you may have problems. At least in this day and age. We were just being silly. Diane

I’d defintely parlez with Anastasia. However, when she’s a good girl I call her ”Anastaia,” American prounciation & when she’s naighty I call her ”Anastasia,” the Russian pronunciation! Lol! Like when she sneaks into the living room! Ha! or barks too loud! He, he!