I'm certainly no expert, but this looks very much like the shrub rose that I researched because I saw it and wanted one like it. The owner didn't know it's name. I decided it's closest possibility was Mozart, and I just rec'd it from Antique Rose Emporium. The shrub I saw was 4 yrs. old and at least 6-8 feet across, with arching branches that were just loaded with these gorgeous single blooms. It was love at first sight for me, and my car turned in that driveway as fast as if it were an ice cream store!

Thank you very much. So maybe Mozart eh? I will have to check that out then. Appreciate your time.

Kate

Looks like Ballerina to me. Look at the way the stamens are bent over.

Here's how I usually work this out, because I get mismarked roses from band nurseries quite often --

1) Figure out the class of the rose you have -- to me, this looks like it could be a hybrid musk or a polyantha (or the climbing version of either of those two classes).

2) Go to the website of the company from which you got the rose.

3) Pick that class (or those classes) and go through their inventories in those classes. You will likely see a few possibilities with a very young plant such as yours. Make a list and cross check with HMF, especially for those varieties where the nursery's pictures are either non-existent or not close-ups.

4) If still in doubt after going through this process, I pick the one that is alphabetically closest to the rose I originally ordered, on the theory that most nurseries arrange their benches of cuttings in alphabetical order, and therefore if something was going to get mixed up, it is probably alphabetically adjacent. (I ordered a Royal Sunset climber from RVR, but got a whitish tea that I think is Rubens on this theory. RVR replaced the Royal Sunset, but I'm still watching the "maybe Rubens" to see if it is.)

5) Do this whole process again after the plant is a few years old, so you get a better idea of plant size and habit at maturity, which can be quite different than the youngens.

Have Fun -- mystery plants can be happy mistake.

Kathy

I agree Mozart is also a good possibilty as is Evangeline, a climber.

Thank you Kathy. A good method you seem to have there. Since the rose was free I can't refer to an order about it but it does really resemble Ballerina doesn't it? Thank you for those steps and I will continue investigating.

Kate