I planted two "This Is The Day" mini roses this past Spring and am very pleased with the way they have grown into early maturing vigorous and floriferous roses in my garden. The color is a unique brick-red color that holds very well until petal drop in the late fall. The pretty flowers have lots of substance which lends itself to good bloom longevity. It is unfortunately completely without fragrance, but is still a very nice rose for the garden and will occasionally throw a good exhibition bloom as well. The stems are plenty long enough to make good cut flowers for a vase and the bush is such a heavy bloomer that it doesn't take alot of bushes to make a good bouquet from. I would recommend this to any serious rosarian, especially those that like the different colored ones like this brick red russet rose.