Returned to Double Delight after a difficult first attempt

My first attempt at Double Delight failed — black spot fungal disease on the leaves got hold of it and I didn't know what I was looking at until it was too late. I left it alone for a year before trying again.

The second attempt, with proper attention to applying rose-specific granular fertiliser in early spring, has been completely different. It's now thriving in a cottage garden mixed planting with lavender and repeat-flowering over a long season is on full display. bare canes in winter showing the plant's architecture this year was a genuine reward for starting again. If you failed first time, the plant isn't the problem — the conditions probably were.