I planted this rose, grafted on multiflora roots, in my NJ zone 7b no-spray garden last spring. My garden is a bit challenging for roses-I have heavy clay soil, slightly alkaline, and my drainage is on the slower side. This rose did very well in its less-than-ideal circumstances. It grew to a manageable 2’ tall by 1’ wide its first season, and did not throw out any huge octopus canes. It did get minimal blackspot, which is hard to avoid where I live. It weathered thrips, spotted lantern fly nymphs, and Japanese beetles, and still managed to put out several small flushes of gorgeous flowers. It’s situated in a spot with sun from morning until early afternoon, and then shade. The flowers open a lovely creamy apricot color with deeper shading on the outside of the petals, and then turns darker the more sun it gets (kind of like Rio Samba). The flowers come in clusters, and it’s common to have more than one color in the cluster at a time, which makes for a very interesting look. It’s not a very vigorous grower, but I like that it’s staying on the smaller side. Shape-wise, it’s pretty upright with some nice branching. The leaves are a darker green and not very shiny, but not completely matte either. The blooms are very round and they do open all the way, so the pollinators can get to the centers. The bees really enjoy that!