Identity Problem (with rose).
For several years (3 or 4) I have been attempting to identify this
rose- -with never a clear cut answer. PICTUREhttp://www.rogerandpeggy.com STORY: Four years ago, I had to be away for seven weeks medical treatment and the deer devastated my roses. This one came back from below the graft. It flushes from Spring until Frost. Each hip produces a single seed. It is disease resistant and requires little care. Insects do not seem to like it. It is reasonable to assume it is probably a rootstock, but is it? And if so what? Someone suggested a "Dr Something-or-other" (forgot the name) but the pictures I found did not match. We refer to it as the wild rose, and it is a once bloomer but that is all season. This picture taken in Auguest.(Zone 7) Any help will be appreciated. Rogerx |
Identity Problem (with rose).
"Rogerx" wrote in message ... For several years (3 or 4) I have been attempting to identify this rose- -with never a clear cut answer. PICTUREhttp://www.rogerandpeggy.com STORY: Four years ago, I had to be away for seven weeks medical treatment and the deer devastated my roses. This one came back from below the graft. It flushes from Spring until Frost. Each hip produces a single seed. It is disease resistant and requires little care. Insects do not seem to like it. It is reasonable to assume it is probably a rootstock, but is it? And if so what? Someone suggested a "Dr Something-or-other" (forgot the name) but the pictures I found did not match. We refer to it as the wild rose, and it is a once bloomer but that is all season. This picture taken in Auguest.(Zone 7) Any help will be appreciated. Rogerx It's not rootstock if it repeats. What I think it is is Robin Hood, a hybrid musk rose that is commonly sold ownroot and widely available. The trusses of blooms and color and foliage all match. You can see additional pics at http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/pl.php?n=5233 to see if it matches. I think it does. |
I don't want to be argumentative, but it doesn't look anything like 'Dr. Huey'
to me. DH makes smaller clusters of deep red, semidouble blooms, and his leaves don't look even vaguely like these. I don't know what this rose is, though. We've grown 'Dr. Huey' as a rootstock for many years, and i commonly find it in the North, as a surviver where the graft has failed. |
"Shiva" wrote in
news:aHlwYXRpYQ==.c04e7373e14652f5a04add24a206b4d8 @1092168268.nulluser.co m: Hi Saki! First of all, it's really nice to "see" you! It's been a while! Yes, I've been lurking, but not posting much. Busy with projects and roses, not necessarily in that order. Short version: garden has been very good this year with two puzzling anomalies (Dr. Huey didn't bloom at all and Zepherine Drouhin was stingy). Been enjoying particularly Fragrant Cloud (in the ground this year and much happier than in a container), Climbing Souvenir de la Malmaison, Papa Hemeray, plus several new ones this year (Climbing Butterscotch, a lovely coffee-apricot; Midnight Blue, really dark grape and great; Lynnie, a dark pink shrub; St. Exupery, a blue-mauve with lovely fragrance, have one bloom on the desk right now). Back to the rose ID: I like the suggestion that it might be the hybrid musk Robin Hood. The clustering, flower color and leaf form do look like that. I grow a descendant of Robin Hood called Violet Hood and there's a resemblance (except for flower size and color, of course). But as far as its possibly being a rootstock...I'm not sure. I'm not coming up with any good candidates from R. multiflora or fortuniana. Perhaps someone with more expertise might suggest something. All the best to those with homes and gardens in the path of Charley. I hope you all sink in your roots deeply and can weather the storm. ---- |
"Shiva" wrote in
news:aHlwYXRpYQ==.c04e7373e14652f5a04add24a206b4d8 @1092168268.nulluser.co m: Hi Saki! First of all, it's really nice to "see" you! It's been a while! Yes, I've been lurking, but not posting much. Busy with projects and roses, not necessarily in that order. Short version: garden has been very good this year with two puzzling anomalies (Dr. Huey didn't bloom at all and Zepherine Drouhin was stingy). Been enjoying particularly Fragrant Cloud (in the ground this year and much happier than in a container), Climbing Souvenir de la Malmaison, Papa Hemeray, plus several new ones this year (Climbing Butterscotch, a lovely coffee-apricot; Midnight Blue, really dark grape and great; Lynnie, a dark pink shrub; St. Exupery, a blue-mauve with lovely fragrance, have one bloom on the desk right now). Back to the rose ID: I like the suggestion that it might be the hybrid musk Robin Hood. The clustering, flower color and leaf form do look like that. I grow a descendant of Robin Hood called Violet Hood and there's a resemblance (except for flower size and color, of course). But as far as its possibly being a rootstock...I'm not sure. I'm not coming up with any good candidates from R. multiflora or fortuniana. Perhaps someone with more expertise might suggest something. All the best to those with homes and gardens in the path of Charley. I hope you all sink in your roots deeply and can weather the storm. ---- |
On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 20:02:14 +0000 (UTC), saki wrote:
"Shiva" wrote in news:aHlwYXRpYQ==.c04e7373e14652f5a04add24a206b4d m: Hi Saki! First of all, it's really nice to "see" you! It's been a while! Yes, I've been lurking, but not posting much. Busy with projects and roses, not necessarily in that order. Short version: garden has been very good this year with two puzzling anomalies (Dr. Huey didn't bloom at all and Zepherine Drouhin was stingy). Been enjoying particularly Fragrant Cloud (in the ground this year and much happier than in a container), Climbing Souvenir de la Malmaison, Papa Hemeray, plus several new ones this year (Climbing Butterscotch, a lovely coffee-apricot; Midnight Blue, really dark grape and great; Lynnie, a dark pink shrub; St. Exupery, a blue-mauve with lovely fragrance, have one bloom on the desk right now). Back to the rose ID: I like the suggestion that it might be the hybrid musk Robin Hood. The clustering, flower color and leaf form do look like that. I grow a descendant of Robin Hood called Violet Hood and there's a resemblance (except for flower size and color, of course). But as far as its possibly being a rootstock...I'm not sure. I'm not coming up with any good candidates from R. multiflora or fortuniana. Perhaps someone with more expertise might suggest something. All the best to those with homes and gardens in the path of Charley. I hope you all sink in your roots deeply and can weather the storm. ---- Hi (this Rogerx, the original poster). After reading all the posts, there are several points I would like to bring out, the first- -This rose has NO fragrance . Does this rule out Robin Hood?(the nearest thing I have seen pictures of). It repeats, often. It is a little past full bloom, and is already putting on new growth along the main canes that will start blooming in about two weeks, I think. It is only my assumption that this came from root stock. All I know for sure is that I had a HT rose in the proximity of where this one is grownig. When the deer ate my roses I was away getting tretment for the big "C" and it was over a year before I was able to get out and start working in my yard again. I thank all of you for your time and effort. Rogerx |
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