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Purchased from Palatine in fall of 2015. My picture was taken in September 2016. This rose stayed clean all through our unusually rainy summer, blooming sporadically all summer after a wonderful spring flush. I have it planted next to Easy Does It, and they complement one another beautifully.

Here's a summary of info from an agapanthus question on the "Ask a Question" forum:
Agapanthus bloom best if they get full sun and adequate water. After they are well established, they are fairly tolerant of drought and high temperatures. They do like to be root bound, whether in a pot or in the ground. It does not like to be divided or moved, and will sulk for a year after a move.
Wait until they are almost busting the pot before you move them up, and you'll get more blooms from them.
I have found some are hardy in my zone 6 garden in the ground if planted up next to the house and kept dry in the winter.

Distant Drums is a rose everyone should grow. The color is distinct from any other rose, and the scent is strong and a bit unusual, more like licorice.
I grow this in zone 6/7, without winter protection, and my mother successfully grows it in zone 5 without protection or any spray regimen. For us, the shrub stays small, under 4'. It blooms until the end of season, sometimes into November.

The year before Julia Child was introduced into retail garden centers, I saw a group of 6-8 of them at the Tulsa Rose Gardens. It's a huge test garden, with hundreds of varieties. There's at least 6 of each rose. The group of Julia Childs were all blooming, and totally free of disease. They were the finest group of any roses there, and they couldn't have been more than 2 years old. I was so impressed that I bought 4 for myself as soon as they became available. It does not disappoint. Mine are in with irises with "buttery" or "creamy" names and white or yellow coloring. The combination works, but the most impressive thing is how the roses bloom continually yet get very little water, because I prefer to keep the irises on the dry side.
Julia Child's blooms are more on the creamy side, unlike Sunsprite, which is a clear bright yellow.
I think that is why they blend so well with the softer iris colors.

Palatine Roses carries this rose under the name 'Michelle Wright'.
Palatine is a great place to buy roses, and they highly recommend this floribunda.

This rose goes by the name Tequila Supreme in my garden. The colors are excellent, but the blooms don't last as long as I would like. The loose petals seem to tatter in the wind here. It could be that it takes more than a couple of years to really perform, though. I planted this in 2011 when it was first introduced in the U.S. It is a constant bloomer.
Tequila Supreme has never shown any blackspot, or any other disease, in my no-spray zone 6/7 Kansas garden. It has kept its leaves through this exceptionally cold winter. I did not mulch it the last two winters, and it had very little dieback.
A whole hedge of this rose would be an incredible sight, because as the blossoms fade, the colors change, and the effect is lovely.