Shailer's Provence. (I put this on your other thread, too, and am adding it here in case someone comes across this.) Chinas and Hybrid Chinas are different roses. (though the ARS won't tell you this.) Think of a Hybrid China as the first crosses made in the late 18th and early 19th century between the new-and-amazing everblooming China roses and the once blooming, fragrant, old European roses. Since the reblooming gene in the Chinas is recessive, the original hybrids are once blooming like their European parent. Only with successive crosses between the hybrids did the breeders achieve roses that expressed the recessive gene. Shailer's Provence is considered the first Hybrid China rose to enter commerce, in the late 1790s. (Gregg Lowery has a fantastic presentation on Hybrid Chinas.)

She could be described at tall and narrow so far, based on how she looked when I bought her and how she is growing. Sort of slender canes. So far this rose has not as many petals as Bewitched has listed on HMF. Good suggestion, pat_bamaZ7. I'll keep it on the list as possible and watch her to see if she grows into herself and produces more petals. And, I'll check her canes to see if they are indeed crooked. I can see from the picture how you could suggest this rose from that photo, for sure. The only pink that Mea has on their web page for dormant roses are pink peace and Queen Elizabeth. I don't think it is either of those, though. Any other suggestions? :)

We recently purchased a house - August of last year - and it came with this single rosebush. I haven't had a chance to see the full summer cycle yet, but here's what I know about it: Currently about waist-high - 3 foot, maybe? - with a roughly V-shaped profile from ground to tips. Canes are fairly flexible; some of them are drooping from the weight of the flowers currently. It seems to be in two "parts" - the section nearest the street is long, tall canes with foliage more in the top half than the bottom; the section behind it is lower and looks a bit bushier, though there's still a few inches clearance from ground to the first leaves. There are thorns, but they're fairly small and break off easily. Last rose of 2007 was in September, and was a faded pink. We've since learned that the entire yard was unwatered for at least a month before we moved in, and only lightly watered between then and when it bloomed, so there may have been environmental effects here. It's growing in partial shade on the east side of the house. Currently producing buds and blooming like mad - started about three weeks ago, opening two to three flowers every few days. Flowers are one to a stem and a medium pink that I wasn't expecting after last year's faded bloom. It doesn't have a very strong scent; with three blossoms cut and in water in my car, I was getting a faint rosy scent, but wore one in my hair outside for a few hours and didn't smell a thing. One of the current crop of roses . Foliage, a few flowers washed out by a flash, and some buds . Anyone have any ideas?

Cecilia-- Don't know about repeating, since I just moved in last August (and it wasn't blooming then, but swallow-wort was rampaging all over it, so it might not have gotten enough sun). I don't know anything else about it, except that once upon a time (probably at least five years ago) someone took great pains to plant and mulch these roses. Next to it is a Jackson & Perkins Grand Masterpiece, which according to helpmefind.com has been available since 1978.