Three and half years ago, my husband and I planted the first roses in our garden. In mid winter by the time I was getting home from work at Everglades it was dark so we did it by torchlight. Among them were three Olivia Rose Austins. I remember deliberating for a long time about which rose to put in this particular spot, as it is visible from the kitchen window and in prime position framing the deck. I needed something really healthy, as it would be shaded until mid morning and then be blasted by afternoon sun, and also a rose that bloomed prolifically, and formed a shapely shrub
Anyway three years later I really couldn’t be happier with my three Olivias. They are exceptionally healthy - I have never seen her with any blackspot - truly miraculous! And she blooms her head off really. Although I gather she is quite drought tolerant I think she really enjoyed this very wet Winter and Spring.
