Does anybody out there grow Fred Loads? In the description tab it says it can be a climber in warmer climates and a tall floribunda (or shrub) in colder zones. I am in zone 5b. I planted Fred in May, 2021 in a sunny spot next to my brick wall of my garage (SW exposure). In 2021 I wasn't sure if the rose I had planted was in fact Fred Loads as my plant grew like the dickens but did not produce a single bloom. It had climbing canes - so late last year I bent these canes to the horizontal (or nearly so) and tried to train it like a climber. Fred overwintered well (the sun beating on the brick garage wall makes it warmer than zone 5b) and behaved like a climber come spring and it did in fact bloom on the laterals (and it was in fact Fred Loads after all). But they were big blooms and not a lot of them. Since then I have just let Fred grow again and it's growing great but there are no buds/blooms in sight.

My Fred Loads can't seem to find it's place in the world. It's a light blooming climber and a non-blooming shrub or floribunda. If I can't figure out how to get more blooms Fred is going to meet up with a shovel come the summer of 2023!

I just took delivery of a plant of 'Crazy Fashion' from Palatine. I swooned over the pictures and decided to take a chance on being able to keep it alive. What can anyone here tell me about this most beautiful rose?