Mine was extremely thorny. I had it planted in front of a trellis, and it both needed some support, but was also as bushy as any large shrub would be (lots and lots of canes). It made it difficult to train. It does repeat bloom with very large clusters of flowers, but seems to cycle on and off.

Mine was grafted on fortuniana, which may have influenced its' growth habit to some degree, that is, very vigorous.

I removed mine because I couldn't take the thorns, didn't care for the growth habit, and in my climate, the blooms turned a yuckky shade of orangey salmon.

There are many people that love this rose though.

I have been told you either love it or hate it.

Sandy

Thanks Sandy.

Hmm. If I invest in this rose I'm guessing it will probably be less rambunctious than yours. At least for some time with our zone difference. Have to think about a good location for a rose that needs support and has teeth in our yard. I really liked the color as seen on some photos here and HMF. What you say I'm sure is true about thinking its neat or really ugly.

Kate

Kate, I ordered Rosarium Ueterson three years ago or so, to
give it a try and boy I'm happy I did. It is a strong, healthy
rose. It has a good spring bloom period and a good amount
of blooms in summer, as well. It is very shade tolerant for me.
I have it in three hours of sunlight, only because it's very close
to a pomegranate tree. The canes are a little stiff and thorny,
but they can still be trained to fan out, or go over an arbor. In
California, it can become 10ft tall or more. It blooms in big 'ol
clusters of old-fashioned, watermelon pink blooms and has a
light apple fragrance.

PHOTO'S OF MY R.U.(It looks even better in person)

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Thanks Devon!

I was referring to you in my initial post. Read your thoughts off of Hoovb's thread. Love the pictures. I have several places in the yard where sun is kind of limited that there is available real estate for planting:)

Yes your post was very enabling. I love the flowers on this rose. They look like pom-poms or carnations on steroids.

I just need to have some deep thoughts about where to put it. But knowing it can be a star with limited sun is really helpful. Thank you for the information Devon.

Kate