I remember folks here have compalined about its super bright, neon like color. At least I have seen a few times. Home depot has it bareroot and potted, but each time I skipped it because of that. Following is from a friend

It looks lovely in pot.

For me she is a stingy bloomer and also grows super tall and blooms only at the top .

Sweet Mademoiselle is the rose that almost made me crack and set up a fragrance garden. One of the best scents ever when I found her at our little local nursery - I dont really have space for a rose that grows tall and blooms in a color I’m not fond of. But the scent …

Nothing wrong with the color, I just dont like orange. If she’d been any other color I would have put in a hedge.

It is definitely as amazing as it looks. I've never seen a rose like it before, or since. I am not a hybrid tea person, and I generally don't like this watermelon pink orange color, but this rose is magnificent! I don't think there are any downsides other than sheer size - easily 8 ft tall and 4 ft wide in my garden, the flowers are huge, and there are so many of them! Not your average hybrid tea!

I've been looking for a good photo for you, but it's seemingly impossible to capture this rose on film (I know I've had trouble!) But I found this lovely video (from Matthias Meilland, of course) that shows exactly what this rose looks like in a garden setting. Look at the vigor, number of canes, and height! The color of the flowers here is more washed out than mine, probably because it appears to be in a hotter/sunnier location. Just look at the size of those flowers!! https://youtu.be/9zrbBXky8R8?si=dAv6kci3dlHCIpkB

Oh ....I see.

I heard this rose varies dramatically in color depending on the area, with much softer colors in the South.

The bouquet in the picture, which I photographed myself, was very pastel in reality. Nothing like what I would call a strong color. A much more subdued color than what I often go for, such as Ring of Fire, Easy Does It, Good as Gold, Coral Drifts (bless me), etc.

I also read it is a very profuse bloomer yet it doesn't look like it performs the same for everyone. The person at the show must have had quite a lot to harvest if they were able to come up with such a big bouquet.

The first thing that grabbed my attention was the color - very unique, ethereal and sophisticated. After all, I used to have Dick Clark (bless me, again lol).

Thank you for your input, it is very useful.

Artist

The bouquet shade of orange is toned down and very pretty .

Mine is more intense .

Mine is like Pink’s , tall with all of the flowers at the top

FWIW -- Sweet Mademoiselle is one rose I can always expect to be in bloom or bud whenever I visit the two botanical gardens near me in the NYC area (and I visit both frequently in the summer). I know this isn't akin to growing the rose myself, but I've just been amazed by how consistently it's in bloom, especially for a hybrid tea. It always looks very healthy right through to the end of summer (unlike many of the Austins, which can look like a hot mess). At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, it does grow HUGE -- almost like a climber with sprawling canes by the end of season. They are tidier but big at the New York Botanical Garden.

The one thing I'm not crazy about is how the outer petals can get a bit of a bleached out and splotchy look, but that's not a dealbreaker for me.

Here it is in its first flush a couple years ago in Brooklyn, still looking very tidy early in the season. Again, this is NOT my garden, but I'm just sharing these pics since I'm an admirer of this rose. I've definitely seen the color looking more muted later in the season.

Edited to add: At the NY Botanical Garden, they've planted alternating groupings of Moonlight Romantica and Sweet Mademoiselle, and something about that combination really tones down Sweet Mademoiselle for me, even though pairing it with a light yellow wouldn't have been my first inclination. They are also both big tall bushes, so the plant forms go well together, too.

I have a post on here about how my SM is sulking after a hard pruning this past winter, removed from a half wine barrel to a very large pot so I could give it away to a friend with a much larger garden. SM was a monster, flowered only at the tips & they were quite colorful blooms, some say ghastly depending on the viewer lol. Wonderful fragrance. She's still sulking 5 months+ later, no big growth or buds.

But I hear she does well for others

Here we are with the first blooms of this year! Huge single roses on long stems and nearly thornless.

Here I am for scale. I'm 5'9....not a tiny person.

Amazing! Thank you for posting.

LibrarianIan, wow!! What a fabulous bouquet

Incredible! I can see why you're smiling

Librarian, your SM is absolutely amazing!

I think it wants to be a climber. The roses are massive and last an eternity. The color looks garish in pictures but are lovely in person.

I picked up an own root one earlier this year at Lowe's of all places. Put it in 5 gal pot. This was the result four months later (San Diego). Love the peach color and bloom form.

gsr8 you really lucked out with that beauty.

Also love SM!

SM is incredibly easy to root. After I pulled my massive bush out, just for the heck of it I put a few in ultrasorb, the oil absorbing granules you put on driveways etc. it's what I always use to propagate most plants. They all took. Yes Aaron this rose wants to be a climber. She's scary strong. And strong-willed!

She's still pouting after being pruned & pulled into a smaller(but still big) pot, I'd like to give her to a friend with a bigger yard but SM refuses to grow much. She condescended to throw out a few leaves, but nary a new branch or bloom in sight yet. It's been 6 months.