Although Jeanne Lajoie is classed as a miniature, I tend to think of her shrub. The link to the picture of the bush below does a good job of showing why I feel this way. Over half of the canes were removed this spring to give the bush some room to grow new ones, and she more than replaced all the removed canes. This bush off of my back porch is about 6 feet high and 6 or 7 feet wide.

The blooms are a medium pink, often with good form. The outside of the petals are often a darker pink, and the whole bloom can get a much deeper pink when the nights get down into the forties and thirties. Actually, I should include even twenties, because she can tolerate quite a bit of cold weather before shutting down for the winter. The first flush in the spring is mostly on the previous years wood, but later in the year the bush puts out blooms on both old and new wood for repeated flushes all summer long. The foliage is small, glossy and quite pretty. Even if she didn't repeat, she would make a nice looking shrub.

She even tolerates some shade. I have another bush planted in the front of my house which is on the north side. There, she grows longer and less dense, looking more like a climber, reaching up and sometimes over the gutters of my roof (pretty darn good for a climber in Colorado). I don't think I have ever seen mildew on her even in this shady spot and I can't say the same for her neighbor Blaze. Even there, she blooms quite well.

If she only had some fragrance, I would think she was perfect.

A typical bunch of blooms from a section of the bush.

The bush just off of my back porch. If you look carefully, you can see my bird feeder being devoured by this bush. This bush is eight years old.