Excellenz von Shubert rose blooms well in partial shade with glossy foliage. Glossy foliage roses demand more water. I fixed the planting hole with lots of pine bark (pH 4) and gypsum so that rose won't turn pale in my pH 7.7 heavy clay. Very healthy for the past 3 years, zero diseases nor pest, sweet musk scent.
Always healthy, get big in zone 5a, and blooms early May. The musk scent perfumes my entire patio. Does well in my alkaline heavy clay. It gets better in its 4th year, becomes continuous blooming. I give it chicken manure in spring, and very low-nitrogen & high potassium & phosphorus fertilizer later on.
