Hopefully your climate is better than mine for these. I have found and I know others have, the The Prince is temperamental, needs lots of tlc.

bettenoir.... thank you so much for showing us these great photos from this rose supplier... I have been thinking of ordering from them recently and have been wondering just what their grafted roses would look like.... I would be very pleased with those and even with a bank transfer fee, which I'm sure I would have to pay according to my maths, it would still be considerably cheaper than ordering the same roses from say David Austin's....

...I know T. Lottum graft their roses onto different rootstocks, but in the main they are 'Laxa' as here, but they also use 'canina Inermis' and 'Schmidt's Ideal'... I suppose it would take an expert eye to decipher which are on yours...

..I only have 'Munstead Wood' and it's new to me, so cannot help you on sizes right now...

Thank you all. Marlorena, you obviously know far more about rootstock than I, so I can´t comment on these roses. Our soil is acid and stony clay, so as/if they grow, I´ll try to update.

If anyone wants to weigh in on how the mentioned roses do with afternoon shade, that would be helpful. I´ve got an eastern exposure side yard that could use some roses.

..oh that's a great house wall you've got there, I love that... and the brick wall to the right would come in handy too... just digging over that plot will take some work...

...I don't worry about semi shady areas like that, and would just plant whatever roses I liked. Those trees look a way off so that wouldn't trouble me too much.

...I only know the rootstocks as I asked T. Lottum which ones they used, and that's what they told me... I'm always a bit wary of different stocks, only being used to 'Laxa', as I don't want too many suckers going on...

..best of luck with your plantings, hope someone else comes in with more advice, but I'd be wanting a nice red rose up that wall... amongst others..

The walls certainly need something growing on them. The southern exposure isn´t a problem, but the east and especially west get limited sun. The other issue with this particular spot is drainage. The neighbor´s veg plot is above that wall to the right draining downhill toward us and the house footing has some buried drainage plastic I´m not sure I should cut. Big pots?