IME, the winter of 2013/14 when we had the polar vortex and our temps went down to zero a few times I lost all the top growth on my teas and Crepescule too. They did come back because they were established own roots and as soon as it warmed up they came back very well. If this person is okay with that, then they can grow Crepescule.

The most beautiful Crepuscule I have ever seen was growing in Te Anau, NZ. I just took a look at their cold season climate. It doesn't get much below the 30's F. I would guess that is probably a lot like zone 8 or even 9a in the United States. I also looked at a map of USDA zones in eastern Washington. They ranged from from 6 to 7 with a little bit of 5 at the northernmost area. We have a Canadian rose grower on this forum who grows tender roses in zone 3/4, but with massive winter protection. Crepuscule gets big, probably too big for those kinds of efforts. Unless your friend lives in the zone 7 area, it would probably end in disappointment.

Too bad. Great rose, one of my favorites.

Rosefolly

Jeri, I'm far from the Pacific NW, but I've found that how Crepuscule handles low temps depends a LOT on the autumn weather that precedes the zero degrees. The longer and dryer the Fall weather, the better C does when the temps bottom out. Here, after a rainy Fall (which doesn't happen all that often- October is *usually* our driest month), Crepuscule is still wanting to grow, and gets zapped by anything much below 10 degrees. But if we have a long dry Fall, I've had less dieback even at zero. LAST Fall was wet, warm and I all but lost Crepuscule from several zero degree nights in Jan/Feb, and then hellish hot-to-freezing cycles in Spring.

John

I planted a new Crepuscule early last winter.

Then this happened later in the winter.

My Crepuscule is fine. It is growing and flowering. I know it doesn't get really cold here in the winter, but we have our moments.

Daisy

I planted two last October from Rogue Valley in RI (zone 6). We had a bad winter with zero temps, and neither survived.

I thank ALL of you. I will tell her.