Several of the photos of this shrub look exactly like the “Dr Grill” I bought here in the US. On the Dr Grill HMF page, it states that Dr Grill sold in the US is not Dr Grill, but doesn’t say what it is. Looking at these pictures, I think mine might be General Gallieni. Has anyone else come to the same conclusion? It’s also possible that I was sent a mislabeled rose. ????‍♀️

According to the Van Houtte catalog of 1870, this is a seedling of ("issue de") 'Triomphe de l'Exposition'.

I'm super disappointed. I just winter pruned this rose today, and I pruned off 3/4 of the total stems. This rose has a lot of dieback when it should not. While pruning, I noticed the wood is rather thin. Even the marker stems are a bit bendy. Of the good wood, a raspberry cane borer decided to finish off that entire basal.

This is a problem for growing it in the Pacific NW... The same problem as Ketchup and Mustard.

This is why testing commercial roses ONLY in the Deep South and Desert SW is not the greatest of ideas by these corporations.

They cannot test for these problems, because they are entirely climatic responses by the varieties.

Breeder changed, thank you!