Thank you so much for the reply, our growing season here in NM starts in February, with many 60-70 degree days, and increasing thereafter, with periods of spring cold and then settling into 70-80's now in April. I've read on this forum of folks who have long seasons of hot temps making their roses bigger, compared to the 'regulation' size, ie the one put out by the breeder, also roses hybridized in Europe like Kordes, Meilland and the UK breeders will have shorter growing seasons and longitude/latitude sun differences, making the bushes up to 2' taller here in the US, such as in places like AZ, TX, FL, etc. Seeing as Showbiz is a Tantau rose out of Germany and the size issued as 'German-size', (if that makes sense), I thought Showbiz might be more on the taller/wider size in these longer hotter gowing climes in these parts of the US. My current Showbiz is grown in a container, so it's hard to know the 'true' size. I'm going to be planting it into a landscape, along with many other container roses in the near future, so was wondering what to expect. PS: I always enjoy your posts, you have a lot to say about roses, very interesting and insightful, I've bookmarked you as a friend on this site, if that's ok...