This indeed looks like Madame Plantier (at least it seems very similar to the one I got for my mother). I wonder how tall and wide this rose is in your garden now? I also garden in zone 6a. Thank you!

Hi, I was wondering how this one compares to David Austin's Lady of the Lake; do any of you have experience with the two? My choice for looks might go to DA's, but it's possible that Ghislaine de Feligonde will live longer and happier (which is also an important consideration). I am in zone 6, so they are both hardy.

I have both Schloss Ippenburg and Frederic Mistral planted side by side on a south wall in Zone 6a, heavy clay soil but generously amended with compost and manure - the flowers are somewhat similar, the fragrance is fantastic in both, but on the latter they lasts much longer (weeks as opposed to a few days for Schloss Ippenburg) and it reblooms more easily. Frederic Mistral is also much bushier than the straight HT form of Schloss Ippenburg. Both plants were left without winter protection one year before heavy winter and spring frosts - both had to be cut back to the ground, but came back well and flowered as usual (not much mulching as well). Frederic Mistral, of course, has lost it's bushiness (many canes), so fewer flowers, but the same vigour.

Hi, do you have any experience of growing Lady Hillingdon in zone 6a? It might be 6b (as I am planning to plant on the south side of the building and a bit out of the wind, but I am still in zone 6a, strictly speaking. What do you think, should I even try? Another one with the same dilemma is Gloire de Dijon, do you know how these two compare in terms of hardiness? Thank you!