Lyn, I love French Lace too. It does well in our heat, but it has never gotten more than 2 feet tall and wide for me in 8 years.
Neal and Larry, that rot sounds awful! I'm going to guess it came with the rose instead of developing in your soil, or you would have lost more roses near it.
Mika, I use that rationalization all the time. Sad truth is, if I had to, I would skip meals to buy another rose.
