Landscape Shrub

To my surprise, this rose survived the winter, and Winnipeg Parks died.
So hats off to Peter Lim and Jerry Twomey for cultivating a rose that can take some bad weather.
I planted this landscape shrub in a renovated bed.
The soil was heavily amended, but it still needs lots of compost.

I ran out of cones before I got to this rose.
After mounding the soil at the base, I built a teepee and covered it with a few layers of jute netting.
It turned out to be enough to protect the rose from harsh, drying winds.

The following spring, I removed the cover for just few hours a day until a week or so after the last frost.
I did have to prune off a lot of dead wood, but it bounced back thriving.