Daniel Hanna wrote:

* Ferdinand Pichard (a hybrid perpetual)

While I have no experience with this particular rose,
I have grown two hybrid perpetuals--Reine des Violettes
and Paul Neyron. They have an identical growth habit--
throwing long canes that result in a large sort of fountain
shape, unless trained as a climber. My plants are young--
but I also notice that foliage is kind of sparse, and has
a dusty blue-green shade.