Zuzu - rats. I was hoping!!! I forget that your roses are so much older than mine.. my oldest rose will be in the ground 4 years this year! W00t!!11!!
Trish - that's what I thought. I wouldn't worry too much about blackspot problems then. And you can always plant shrubs between the roses so you don't have blank spots. I like putting in spirea between the roses. I won't be doing bluebeards any more. they get too big!!