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This reminds me that I have a problem bloomer in my garden this year, the
Weeks shrub rose called Rockin' Robin.
another Tom Carruth striper in the wake of Scentimental, I grow this
rose, have had basically similar results. This rose's thing was
stripes, that's supposed to keep you happy, you're not supposed to
worry about how big or how many. 
Frau Dagmar Hartopp popped up
in the middle of it, 8 or 10 feet from mom, I've wondered what to do
about it the last few years, but it's basically a non-problem, Frau
Dagmar fills in what Rockin' Robin lacks. Here it blooms dependably
but has never had enough canes to just knock someone down. It was
also not what I expected, being cherry-red, not that vivid brilliant
like Scentimental or Roller Coaster, Hurdy Gurdy, etc. Maybe you
could plant both of these real close to it, that would certainly beef
it up. They're both killer stripers. Or perhaps you could just
hack it back to delivery size each year, that might even work to get
it back 'on track'.
Which brings to mind a number of complaints about Fourth of July. Mine
is a beast, drugstore sidewalk sale material, bought a year ago, plenty
of 6 foot basals. It's a 50-50 break between those who say FOJ is
vigorous and those who say it hasn't grown more than 3 feet in 3 years.
I got the Moore striper Shadow Dancer last fall. Little OR squirt,
won't stop blooming long enough to grow. Starts crimson/pink, fades to
pink/white.