Gorgeous amber/apricot blooms with large petals having good substance, but not a great deal of them so the bloom blows out quickly. Plant is upright, narrow and somewhat tall. Blooms are not very profuse in my area, but this rose is well worth growing when it does bloom. Very slight fragrance, if any.

Best plants of this one I ever saw were GAS STATION plants, San Francisco, fall of '10: big, hearty, gorgeous.....it LOOKED like Brandy, was not sure, one of them had the old tag still attached. THAT is San Fran-----here in Columbus, 6a, not a success. The blooms are gorgeous but the plant here is just so weak. It winter kills at 10F, tried it many times. May try one again to grow in a pot, sleep in the garage, but otherwise this one is far more tender in my experience than most of its generation.

Brandy is one of my all time rave-fave roses, for sure. She lives just downhill (ie she gets all the nutrients) from the rabbit barn and wow, what a grower and bloomer! I routinely cut it back down from 6-8' anywhere from 2-4 times a year, and it never even slows down. It's in full scorching sun through the Sacramento Valley summer and has no trouble at all.

Like all my roses, though, it does have blackspot--something I just have to deal with. This rose is so well worth having, seeing, smelling--the fragrance is enough to make me drool--I recommend it to EVERY rose fan.

Along with rabbit manure! :)