Steve - Your Europeana died??? wow. That's one of my roses that I have 100% faith in.. harsh cold (all the way at the edge of my property next to the road, so gets blasted with wind all the time), crappy soil (mostly rock & clay), 2 gal from Home Depot.. blooms non-stop once it gets going. Last quite a while, too, too bad doesn't smell as awesome as it looks.
DAs are too fragile for me, which means they're about 100% more too fragile for my mom. Need something more.. plug & play. I love her dearly, but she has a black thumb. She can kill plastic plants. Not even lilacs do well for her.
