In my Michigan 6a zone, I attempted to overwinter 5 roses in pots, Golden Celebration, Eustacia Vye,
Scentuous, Bolero and this one, Ruth Clements. The ONLY one to survive (even THRIVE) in my unheated 6a garage during many thaw/freeze cycles this unpredictable winter, was Ruth Clements. I consider that high praise.

She then got neglected this spring, and got devoured by sawflies, until I finally remembered to spray her. I also forgot to fertilize her at all. Despite that, she is a healthy size, and has about 4 big buds, and is just about ready to bloom. If I had fertilized her earlier, she'd probably be even bigger and have more flowers. She deserves a permanent spot in my garden.

Blooms were lovely pink with an apricot center, reminiscent of an english rose. Her scent was also very good, and bush health has been fantastic.

Very rain tolerant, though her blooms are very full/many-petaled.

Can this really be the same rose? I suspect it is Morden Centennial or Morden Belle, rather than Morden Blush!

I find it frustrating that though it is supposed to be very disease resistant, this spring in Michigan, z6a (granted, it's been a bit wet, but what spring isn't here?) it's one of the ONLY bushes I have simply covered in blackspot (the other one being La Reine, but I forgive her because she is covered in rain-resistant blooms and smells amazing). I even used a granular fungicide at the beginning of the spring on all my roses, and it made zero difference to Malaguena.

Also, it's one of the few roses I have that can NOT handle rain. The blooms hold on fine and don't fall off or ball, but they all hang their heads upside down and do not recover. I'm about to shovel prune all my Mal's to make space for something else.