It seems to have no disease resistance, and never got more than 6 inches tall. I think it's still out there, even though I forgot about it and planted a baptisia over it about 5 years ago. Before that, is was overrun with chrysanthemums.

Something to remember about a lot of roses is that it isn't necessarily the northeastern winters that give them problems, but the northeastern summers. There are a lot of roses that really like weeks of three-digit temperatures so long as they have enough water. Here, they just sit and don't grow. So a rose that can recover nicely from winter in the midwest, never gets over 18 inches tall here, and won't thrive unless it is in a warm enough place to avoid winterkill.

Just now saw this thread. I'm in zone 6, (not sure if a or b) in central NJ. I grow Maggie, and have had a very different experience from mad_gallica. For me, she has been really great. She is quite a large climber for me, blooms like crazy, and gets maybe a little bs in the summer but not badly at all. I took a cutting from her, and the baby has been growing quickly and well. I have never had issues with winter kill on either Maggie Sr. or Jr. , and she really doesn't seem to mind our sometimes stinky-hot summers.

So, not sure whether my conditions or mad_gallicas are more like yours. But maybe if you really love Maggie, it might be worth giving her a try?

My 2 cents! Good luck, whatever you decide!

I have a Maggie coming this spring, I am in zone 6a, hope mine can grow bigger than 6". :-)

I just ordered Maggie from rose petals nursery. Can't wait.

Mine is from Linda (Longagorose). We are in the same zone. Let's see who's grows faster. :-)

Haha summers rhythm! It will interesting to see how fast they grow. I ordered some roses from Linda at long ago roses too but somehow o over looked Maggie. I think I have the perfect spot for her too!

Oh, you'd have a early start than mine.......I think I will get mine in May, but I will feed mine with coffee, grows faster. lol

Mad, I am looking for a Giardina, where can I find one in the US??

Summers rhythm, I'm actually not getting it until the first eight in June. I'm in southern New England.

How are your Maggie's doing, Summers rhythm and Gibson Girl?

Mine didn’t make through the winter.

Wow! That is disappointing. mine is still in a pot since last year but I was thinking of planting it for the winter. Was that during its first winter or its second winter? Was it cold weather or freeze thaw? Did you winter protect?

It was the 1st winter for Maggie. I just put mulch around it. It’s too cold here for a lot of rose.

I did plant mine out, so we shall see how she does. She seems to have acclimated quite quickly, but she had a large root ball since she's been growing since 2017. When it gets really cold, I may toss some oak leaves overher as that seems to have helped Cl. Clotilde Soupert last year. I had the perfect place for her all along especially if she get frozen back some years... I don't know why I didn't realize it before. Does anyone else ever have those "DUH!" moments?

My Maggie made it through the winters very well. I was surprised! It also go very tall. It is one of my favorites!

That’s nice to know. Was your Maggie a bigger band? Are you in zone 6a or 6b?

Z6 TN, Maggie struggled to live for some 4-5 years. Then she just went away. Never more than a single stem, leaves always succumbed to BS. Don't waste the space. Seems like when it did bloom, maybe once, it smelled rather like Louis Phillipe, which grows fine here. Maggie acted much like Rose de Rescht. I was given my RdR by a guy who sprayed all the time. His always looked good in the spring, not so good later, but they grew and spread. Mine sat in a pot defoliating repeatedly per year from BS. It was there for years, but seems to be gone now. Baronne Prevost gets awful BS too, but it grows and it blooms, and of course it smells wonderful.

pebcary, are you saying you grew yours in a pot? My experience is bad growing them in pots as they will almost all defoliate, but once in the ground shape up. My only concern is that she may not get as large as I need for the space she's in since she seems to loves to bloom at the expense of growth. We shall see at the end of the season and if that's the case I'll move her elsewhere. Caroline Hunt will fill the spot as the colour is almost exactly the same.

No, Maggie was in the ground. RdR in a pot, never did well enough for me to want to plant it, but it was a surprisingly long time dying. I remember coming across it about 2 yrs after I thought it was gone. Give me something with some vigor, something I can't beat to death with a stick. Our soil is not all that great. Ramblers do great, and some vigorous roses like Aloha. I don't spray.

I don't spray either so it's great sharing experience. So far a few are rock solid, but they are few and far between. : ((