I don't know what it is, but I want one!

I know, it's gorgeous and my husband just loves it - the down side is after blooming it gets tons of BS and almost completely defoliates. Plan to move it this fall and see if it does better; if not, will plant something in front!

Fragrant? Reblooming?

Jerome, I don't believe it reblooms, and don't think it has any fragrance; all my roses bloom at the same time in the spring, and really haven't given this rose much thought or attention. It gets a few roses every spring, nothing to brag about, but the few it gets are gorgeous. I have a feeling the last person wanted it out of her yard due to the blackspot, and my Cl Pinkie has just about overwhelmed this bush, so plan to move it and give it some TLC and see what happens!

If it is remontant, it could be 'Ferdinand Pichard.' If it is not, I don't know.

Could we get a good look at the foliage? FP has rather distinctive foliage, with a sort of "quilted" look that you see in his descendant, 'Scentimental.'

Where did it come from?

Jeri

Jeri, I'll take a picture of the foliage and post; it came from a neighbor who does landscaping (sort of), whoever took it out of the ground just dug down enough to get it out of the ground, it was bare root when she gave it to me, with the roots cut off. I was surprised that it made it!

It may well also be a very modern rose -- but if it IS, I bet it goes back to Ferdinand Pichard.

JEri

Well, I sure am observant, it IS remontant, there's a couple of buds on it!

Here's a picture of the leaves

OK. How big are the blooms? I'd say this is likely to be either the modern Floribunda, 'Scentimental' OR its ancestor, the Hybrid Perpetual, 'Ferdinand Pichard.'

Without knowing something about the history of the location, I don't think I could go closer than that.

See Ferdinand Pichard at:
http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.2729&tab=1

See below, link to 'Scentimental' at HMF.
If the site is modern, I'd bet on Scentimental.

Jeri

Here is a link that might be useful: 'Scentimental' at HMF

Scentimental has wonderful fragrant flowers that last only a few hours. It is lovely but fleeting. It also has relatively good disease resistance. I suspect that this is not Scentimental since you say that it has no fragrance. Scentimental has a distinctly shrub form.

Ferdinand Pichard is not especially fragrant. I never notice how long the individual roses last because they are somewhat smaller. I would say that they are not long lived like some roses but I don't know if they flash past as quickly as those of Scentimental. It is less disease-resistant, too. FP throws up long canes that can easily be wrapped around a pillar or guided along a fence.

Of course, it could be a completely different striped rose. Since it is remontant you can rule out all the striped gallicas and probably also the Bourbon rose Variegata di Bologna which is said to repeat rarely. I have not personally grown VdB so I am going on what I've heard here.

Rosefolly

We grew VdB -- but never got to see a bloom, in 4 years. I have patience, but it is not infinite. It was also as big as a barn.

We grew Scentimental for years. In fact, we had at one point three of it. I never once was able to smell its fragrance -- just goes to show -- fragrance is "iffy," and very much individual.

I'd FAR rather that this turn out to be Ferdinand Pichard, which is a terrific rose. Ours got to be quite large, before another rose killed it. I'd grow it again, if I had a place for it.

Jeri

Thanks for the help, appreciate it! From the canes that were cut off, this was probably a large rose. I, too, was hoping it would be Ferdinand Pichard, so that is what I'll call it. Makes me happy!