Year 4. It's blooming now. Going to compost it soon. The other "European orange HT/GR types" I have that are younger are out-performing it in bloom amount and color retention.
Namely Halle, Dronning Ingrid (and Remember Me, but its older here).
Even my virused clone of 'Marina' outperforms it, and the blooms are the same size.
3rd year with this rose. I dislike it. The plant is always healthy, but very few blooms, and they are tiny. Color can be amazing or washed out, depending upon the weather the buds developed under.
Playboy can make similar colors in loads and loads, with less care. I want to shovel prune Fabulous, but I am afraid it is going to disappear from the market like so many other roses in recent history.
