Leda, I love your name. You are getting two of my all time favorite roses, Ebb Tide and Munstead Wood. I have three ETs, two which I've grown since their first year sold, 2006. I've also grown my two Munsteads for years. In my garden, roses grow large (zone 7 hot and dry, in the desert hills outside Boise, ID). Still, Ebb Tide stays moderate in size and shouldn't be hard to fit into your garden. My ETS bloom a lot but are not quite continuous. They are quite dark purple for me, but lighten some with heat. They are all in fairly sunny locations. Munstead Wood is a near continuous bloomer for me, and will get larger than Ebb Tide, I'm sure. I don't care about Munstead's thorns, which are pretty bad, and I love this Rose. Both ET and MW have nice scents. We have no disease issues here-- no fungal diseases, so I can't advise you on that. I grow Boscobel and love him, so I'd prefer him, I think. He's an excellent bloomer and mine is qujte large. But that can vary with your location. Here in the sun, I like Boscobel's strong pink. Pale pink roses look pretty insipid, especially from a distance, around my garden, though I do grow some light pink roses. Diane

Ebb Tide

Boscobel

Munstead Wood