Windermere does fantastically in my garden (6a/b in Lancaster, PA). This year (2013) has been extremely rainy, but it still only very, very little blackspot. I planted this (from a 3.83 gal. pot) in 2008, only lightly pruned/cut it back the first few years to see how it wanted to grow. With a 1/2 cut in fall now, it tries very hard to reach over 6 feet tall. It's starting to really widen, too. I've never really restrained its width; it's about 5 feet wide. It grows very stiffly upright, and only falls forward with heavy rains. (I should mention, W grows partially under the overhang of a porch, so it does have some protection from rain and harsh sun). Grows on the southern side of my back porch. (I had Iceberg right beside it--and it suffered from failure to thrive, big time). Even though the petals fracture easily and quickly, I really enjoy the citrusy smell and soft white of the blooms. Overall, a great rose from this zone/climate. And I appreciate a rose that leaf's out all around the bush...you know, making it look like a bush, and not a stick insect (cough, HT, cough).
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