I was rereading some of the hybridizing websites I've saved and I ran across this:

"Not always, but often, the rose bush you choose for the seed parent will exert more influence on what form the resulting plants take. The seed parent will usually have more influence on the size and shape of the leaves, the size of the plant itself, and whether it grows as a bush, climber or groundcover type. The stud or pollen parent will often have more influence over the size and color of the flowers, the shape of the flowers, how much or little fragrance they will have, and how many petals each flower has."

I would like to know what you've experienced via which parent influced what traits. I was going to just look up pedigrees on Helpmefind, but I thought it'd be a lot more fun (and easier!) to just ask here.