Petrichor7 - there are so many pink roses, we need a few more clues: Pls post a picture of the entire bush. Pls post a picture of just one or two leaves, showing the back & the front. Pls post a picture of any hips you can find. Pls post a picture showing the prickles (thorns) Also, does it re-bloom all Summer & Fall, or does it only bloom in the Spring? Jackie

I started out years ago with handwritten markers next to the roses and a drawing of the garden bed with the roses marked on it. Then I gradually increased until I needed a looseleaf binder to hold a page for each rose I had planted, and finally I graduated to an Excel spread sheet. I still do the hand drawn map of each bed (there are now over a dozen distinct areas in my garden so that many maps) and I still have markers next to each rose although now I use a labeler to write out the name. I can identify from memory almost every one of my 200 roses. (But now and then I have brain fade and I have to bend down to check the marker, LOL!) The spreadsheet just helps me track where I bought the rose, own root or grafted, what year, fragrance, size, disease resistance and other info I might find useful.

The fragrance is wonderful....before it opens it smells like pink bubblegum (that's all I can think of) but later it smells like an old perfume little old ladies wore years ago(like yardley maybe?)....the blooms are huge....my hubby said, "wow", when he saw it....This spring I put fish emulsion w/seaweed on it this year, for the first time, and the blooms are the prettiest I;ve ever seen....before I think I just put some synthetic fertilizer on it. I would like to try to root it....if it is quietness, HMF says it roots easily. I'm hoping to find out this year if the fish emulsion helps it bloom more than just once....last year it just bloomed once, but I was not really fertilizing it.

Hi there Nothingness, what part of the world do you live in? Perhaps someone else who lives in the same county or shire bought the same rose and you might find them at a local rose society. Also, if you live in a cold climate, I believe your rose may possibly be less likely to be a China or Noisette, though it could be related to one of those classes. I've grown or cared for in a public garden, all the roses mentioned so far on this thread and am of the opinion that, your rose isn't any of those. Although the foliage and pedicals are quite different, the bloom shape and color makes me wonder if your rose is related to Mlle. Cecille Brunner' which has been in commerce since 1881, perhaps someone might do a search on helpmefind.com of roses bred from Cecille Brunner, or open pollinated seedlings of it. Anyhoo, I went to the vintagegardens.com website which is a very good reference, though the nursery is closed. I looked at all the photos available on Polyantha roses and didn't see your rose there. by the way, I have a few questions that might help i.d. it, How old is your rosebush? -what is the largest it has ever been? which climate zone do you live in? is your rose fragrant at all? -is it sweetly fragrant? -or does it have a spicy scent, or a combination of the two scents? I love your rose and sure hope you find out its name, I like the thought of a study name; I'd suggest 'Grace', for it is full of grace. Good luck and best wishes in your endeavor, Lux.