All the enthusiasm makes me want to add more Austins to my jungle of old garden roses, but I have heard they require a lot of water. Have you all found that to be true? I have hot summers and sandy soil. The few that I have seem to tolerate my minimal care. They get black spot but are engulfed in a sea of Cannas so I don't really notice whether they have any leaves or not - and the blooms are luscious.
