I know what you mean, Dianne. Some scents which are described as possessing various elements of other fruits and flowers simply smell to me, with no discernible other elements. Others scream their distinct elements to my nose. I'm glad it isn't up to me to write all those descriptions! Same goes for zone hardiness. You can alter the actual zone conditions tremendously in such simple, easy ways. Plant the rose next to a protected warm wall with hardscape at its feet and you might create conditions equal to a full zone (or more!) in that micro climate. Conditions such as those really should be stated when considering something is grown in colder (or even hotter) zones.

Hi Dianne.........

I know this will sound strange, but I do forget to smell the roses. I am always surprised when someone posts about how fragrant a given rose is and I have that rose in my garden and didn't know it had great fragrance because I hadn't checked.

As for the cold hardiness thing .. sometimes I think it might be a case of CYA.

Smiles,
Lyn