Lavender Crush doesn’t “climb” in the typical sense, unlike Tess d’U which flops sideways without support. On my 5yr old plants, they grow straight upward to 6ft and form buds on the final 7th foot — blooming at the tips. Plant width is about 2-3 feet. They would probably have more side shoots and flowers if I trained the canes horizontally, but it’s difficult due to their stiffness. On the plus side, the canes aren’t very thorny: some are smooth, some are fully covered, while others only have hooked thorns 1/3 of the length up. My 3” flowers are consistently slate gray in color and form an abundance of 3/4” round, blood orange colored hips for a pretty winter display. BTW, I’m on alkaline clay soil north of San Francisco and don’t spray, my five LC plants are budded and are practically no maintenance.