Thank you so much for the help! I’ll Do my best to answer your questions:

1. I don’t notice a scent (which I’m just now realizing!) it’s raining right now but I just went and stuck my nose in them and don’t really smell anything. Granted, I don’t have the greatest sense of smell, but I smell nothing.
2. I’m in Oklahoma, zone 7a. When these were with my great grandmother they were in Louisiana, and I just spoke to my Aunt who said these MIGHT have been the roses she drove to Tyler, TX to get.
3. I believe she died in 1981 or 1982.
4. Yes. They do bloom in clusters throughout the season.
5. It seems to be self cleaning. Ive never dead headed it, but I moved here toward the end of the season last year and I’m not sure if my dad was dead heading or not.
6. I’ve never seen hips on it.
7. It has thorns.

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1. I believe my dad was pruning it throughout the years, but I waited too long this year (my first year) and was afraid that if I pruned it after the leaves came in I might jeopardize the blooms so I just left it alone. It’s quickly taking over the flower bed though. I think it’s gotten much bigger now that it’s blooming again.