This beautiful shrub rose named for a story in the Brothers Grimm`s collection of German fairytales (City Musicians of Bremen) has become one of my favourites. I bought this rose a couple of years ago after having read about it and seen the photo in a German rose catalogue as I checked out the shrubs. Although I had my mind rather set on a rose with more vivid colours, I decided on this one, and I am happy to say that it has never given me any cause for regret. On the contrary. Even though it has been given a partly shady spot, being as it is for hours overshadowed by a birch tree and a smaller pear tree, it just keeps on flowering almost continuously throughout the season. The creamy pink flowers also have a light scent, and still on the bright side there is a good disease resistance and rain tolerance. Besides it doesn`t seem to mind a rather dense ground cover vegetation either.
