This rose did not perform well in South Mississippi from my experience. Although the bush itself was very healthy and a vigorous grower, the blooms did not do well in the heat and humidity. As the heat wore on, the blooms tended to get smaller, burn, or the stems the blooms were on got very spindly. Our plants blooms also had poor form and were always very loose and often appeared as though they were wilted. The one big positive is that the flowers had a great fragrance. My mom very much disliked this plant. I actually preferred Lady-X in our garden to Blue Girl (which was more often pink-ish girl in our garden).