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Help identifying this rose, please?

12 years ago

I don't know very much about roses (yet) and am hoping you experts can help me.

This rose was in a container for 1.5 year until we finally finished building our house/moving in. It is now in the ground and blooming for the first time.

The problem is..... I thought I had purchased a climbing rose and a rose of a different color altogether. I'm guessing the rose was mislabeled. This is definitely not Joseph's Coat!

I'm curious if this rose is a climber and/or what it is? It isn't acting like the climber I had previously... (it isn't throwing out any long arms, but is it too early since it was planted in the ground about a month ago? *shrug*)

It is a bright, solid pink (the sun is shining directly on it so it might look otherwise in the pics,) very fragrant, thornless and the buds are small. The entire bush is currently just about a foot high.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

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roseseek
12 years ago
lolauren, it's difficult to determine anything from your photos, yet, but your statement that it is strongly fragrant and totally thornless leads me to believe it might be Zephirine Drouhin. Though the photos of the blooms look more modern, because it was sold to you as a climber (and Zephirine is grown as a climber), the color is in the appropriate range, the fragrance is strong and it's totally thornless, these clues point to this rose. Please take a look and see if the photos (you'll have to look at all of them because they look different from location to location) remind you of what you have. Kim

Here is a link that might be useful: Zephirine Drouhin
lolauren
Original Author
12 years ago
Hey Kim,... Thanks for the reply! :) I think that can be it...... I'll have to check to see what the blooms do tomorrow to compare.
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roseseek
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You're welcome! It's the only logical identification based upon your description and the fact J&P: budded and sold that rose for many years. It was frequently purchased by garden centers and sold with the climbers. I hope your mystery is solved! Kim
jacqueline9CA
12 years ago
I agree it might be ZD. Even if it is, don't expect it to put out any really long canes for a year or two. Meanwhile, if it was mine I would cover the soil with at least 2 inches of mulch all around it - maybe out to 2 ft away from the bush.Don't let the mulch touch the base of the rose. That will help with weeds, heat, and eventually improve the soil.

Jackie
lolauren
Original Author
12 years ago
I bought the rose at a nursery, but I usually buy J&P since I worked for their corporation in college. So, yes, adding to the case that it is ZD. Also, the bloom today looks a lot more like the photos online.

Jacqueline3 -- That is good to hear about not expecting canes for a year or two. I wasn't sure if that was the case with some climbers as my Don Juan threw canes out almost immediately.

The soil has all been amended underground..... I'm waiting on my husband to install a pergola in that area before I mulch/clean up around the rose. Meanwhile, is the rubber tree mulch ring an ok substitute for a couple weeks?

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