Hi Deborah, I'm sorry you've not had a reply, so whether I can help you any, I'm not sure but here are two photos I took on 25th June '15, at a garden in my area, which at least shows you its growth habit... and that it's reaching a full flush stage... you would have colder winters than here, but your bloom season might start earlier, I wouldn't know... neither do I know how long this rose below had been planted, so I expect it would be taller than this in time.. it seems to grow quite wide spreading..

I'm not sure when Tuscany Superb starts to bloom here, I've never grown it.....

Thank you, Marlorena. Perhaps Chianti just isn’t grown much anymore. I do appreciate your photos, as it looks more spreading than I want in the location I am considering.

Closer to Kentucky, my Chianti grows along a fence line and blooms in early to mid May in the valley in east Tennessee. A good friend in Asheville NC has it up against a garage wall facing west-ish and his blooms late May (and is spectacular). And fragrant. So fragrant you'd wish other roses shared that scent.

Thank you, Ann, the bloom time information is very helpful. I was hoping to plant Chianti to replace an old rose of Sharon near our patio where the fragrance could be appreciated. Also it would be protected from late afternoon sun, which I thought might fade the bloom color, but now I think I should find something more upright. It is a good size space but too close to the walkway for anything bushy.

I've also just had a Rose of Sharon die, and it's the one that kitty cats have used to climb up on our well house for the whole time we've owned this farm. I think I'm going to take the easy way out and find another Rose of Sharon.

For your use, consider Tess of the D'urbervilles on multiflora root stock from Palatine. It blooms three times of the year and in fall especially the lower sun angles really make me fall in love with it again, each fall. And it's upright and fragrant. And in winter the orange hips are pretty, too.

Yes, Tess is a great idea. It was one of the first roses I planted, but then it was a victim of RRD two years ago. May I ask why you recommend multiflora? My original Tess was own root and quite vigorous. Thank you for the suggestion.

Most soils in Kentucky and Tennessee are acidic and roses grafted on Dr. Huey don't thrive as well in acidic soils. The major exception to this are the shallow soils on the loess bluffs in the western side of both states and areas where the trees are almost all 'cedar' aka Juniperus virginiana. Multiflora thrives on almost every soil and growing condition in both states.

Multiflora also does surprisingly well in wet soils which we've been haveing for three years in a row. Not all own roots will do that.