Flowers long lasting, but susceptible to botrytis in warm rainy weather. Gets botrytis each year in my garden conditions. Falling petals infect leaves after rain. Flowers generally downfacing. Blooms rather late, tolerates hot location (southfacing wall). I've never seen a sign of powdery mildew, but leaves get spots during the season. Sometimes partial defoliation. Does not seem to be a black spot, rather something else. Foliage very prone to fungicide/pesticide damage, may lead to complete defoliation. May be formed as a shrub when new growth is hard pruned before the season (max 1,5 m left). When pruned flowers will appear in relatively big clusters on quite long side shoots. Very popular in Poland due to hardiness.

In Central Europe zone 6 garden flowewring period is very short - flowers are short-lived. I believe this rose might perform better in cool summer area. For me the most attractive feature is colour of young strong shoots - rosy-red with multiple thin prickles.