"andrewpreece" wrote in message
...
There may be a slight problem here; a lot of roses are grafted onto a
rootstock
of a different rose, a bit like fruit trees. What has regrown may, just
may,
be
suckers from a grafted rootstock, so who knows whether you have the
original
rose or something completely different. It may be that ramblers are on
their
own rootstock; anybodyknow?

Andy

Generally budded onto a rootstock by the bigger growers, but its usually
Rosa multiflora (normally the thornless form) rather than the Rosa laxa
stock used for bush roses. smaller growers will often use cuttings.
So if the original posters rose has fine green foliage, no thorns and a
profussion of white scented flowers - its the rootstock!

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)