Identifying a rose

[Natty_Dread]

Hello all - I recently purchased several rose bushes from a local garden
center. One of the bushes was labeled "Polar Ice" and was supposed to have
white blooms. However, when the buds began blooming, they were actually
pink. The blooms and leaves look very much like those of my "Queen
Elizabeth" rose, except the blooms on the (obviously mislabled) Polar Ice
bush are a deeper shade of pink than the Queen. Is it possible that this
rose is a Queen Elizabeth also? Does Queen Elizabeth come in varied shades
of pink? Any info is appreciated. Thanks!

Rhonda
Alexandria, VA
USDA Zone 7

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[paghat]

In article >, "Natty_Dread"
> wrote:

> Hello all - I recently purchased several rose bushes from a local garden
> center. One of the bushes was labeled "Polar Ice" and was supposed to have
> white blooms. However, when the buds began blooming, they were actually
> pink. The blooms and leaves look very much like those of my "Queen
> Elizabeth" rose, except the blooms on the (obviously mislabled) Polar Ice
> bush are a deeper shade of pink than the Queen. Is it possible that this
> rose is a Queen Elizabeth also? Does Queen Elizabeth come in varied shades
> of pink? Any info is appreciated. Thanks!
>
> Rhonda
> Alexandria, VA
> USDA Zone 7
>

With a bazillion cultivars in existance, you'll never figure it out
randomly. What you need is a list of likely candidates from the nursery
where you purchased the mislabeled plant, as it would have to be SOMEthing
their wholesale grower was growing. So complain to the retailer about the
mislabeling & demand a list of cultivars sold in that year, or their
wholesale source so you can track down what they produced for market that
year.

-paghat the ratgirl

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[dave weil]

On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 11:13:11 -0700,
(paghat) wrote:

>In article >, "Natty_Dread"
> wrote:
>
>> Hello all - I recently purchased several rose bushes from a local garden
>> center. One of the bushes was labeled "Polar Ice" and was supposed to have
>> white blooms. However, when the buds began blooming, they were actually
>> pink. The blooms and leaves look very much like those of my "Queen
>> Elizabeth" rose, except the blooms on the (obviously mislabled) Polar Ice
>> bush are a deeper shade of pink than the Queen. Is it possible that this
>> rose is a Queen Elizabeth also? Does Queen Elizabeth come in varied shades
>> of pink? Any info is appreciated. Thanks!
>>
>> Rhonda
>> Alexandria, VA
>> USDA Zone 7
>>
>
>With a bazillion cultivars in existance, you'll never figure it out
>randomly. What you need is a list of likely candidates from the nursery
>where you purchased the mislabeled plant, as it would have to be SOMEthing
>their wholesale grower was growing. So complain to the retailer about the
>mislabeling & demand a list of cultivars sold in that year, or their
>wholesale source so you can track down what they produced for market that
>year.
>
>-paghat the ratgirl

And yes, it's possible for QE to have a different shade of pink. Some
of it has to do with culture, some with the environment (a subset of
culture) and there might be a herdetary variation as well.