I purchased 3 Mermaids for bare spots on my large property. All three in different type locations. I bought them from a nursery in Austin TX, online, three seasons ago. They were billed as easy to grow, and received hight marks in my zone. One is still living, I think, will check tomorrow, but it never took off & it's small, like failure to thrive. One lived through the first winter, didn't return in the spring. So, I had one that did well, got huge, in a very large umbrella trellis, and it now appears to be a goner. Needless to say, Mermaid has not lived up to my expectations. It's difficult to kill a rose in my zone - anyone else have such wretched luck with Mermaid?? Honestly, I expected the rose to grow like a weed...
