This rose has been growing in my garden for several years. It’s such an easy rose to grow! I garden in humid zone 7b NJ, in alkaline clay. This rose is in unrelenting full sun, and never have I seen a scorched bloom. And when this rose flushes, there are a LOT of blooms! I also don’t think I’ve seen blackspot on Dame de Coeur, and just about everything gets blackspot here. I like the growth habit, nice and open. It’s just a great rose all around, for me.