Gorgeous blooms and I still remember the fragrance. I have never seen a Pereire which did not have ungainly growth; yours looks better than most.

Thanks Sara. I'm looking forward to seeing all of your beauties as well. It seems like my first few buds are always deformed looking. Yours looks to be nice and healthy looking. Lilyfinch yours will be showing color soon. The dang hail we had a few weeks ago really damaged tons of my roses. I'm thinking after the spring flush I'm prob going to cut some super short.

That's funny JC! What a beautiful rose. I'm always looking for shade tolerant to some degree. Interesting that your Mac died in the spot. I'm hoping to grow a new one from a cutting and we'll have to decide where to put her

Thank you everyone! Vaporvac, MEC is pretty healthy, it does blackspot some, but not that much. The repeat isn’t that great, it has a good spring flush, and usually in the fall will produce a bloom or two. Maybe I need to fertilize it more. It gets a pass, because it’s one of my first roses to bloom, when I am waiting for my HT’s, etc. to begin blooming, I can enjoy this rose!