I have not ordered Georgetown Tea for that reason - in photos, it looks exactly like Mme. Lambard to my eye. Depending on the color scheme you want, I think two varieties that would look nice next to Mme. Lambard would be: Souvenir de Pierre Notting and Mons. Tillier.

If you get your Georgetown Tea from Vintage, it will not be the same rose that is sold as Mme. Lombard.
My GT came from Vintage and I was hesitant to post the photo on HMF as it did not look like most of the other pictures of GT.

I should have read HMFR's comments by Cass (berndoodle) about this. The Vintage GT apparently is different from the Chamblee's one which she believes to be Mme. Lambard. Vintage doesn't offer GT right now so I would have gone with Chamblees, which apparently is not the true GT.

Jerome, I had to take out my beautiful Mons. Tillier since it crisped in five minutes of sun even in late spring. I've had Souv. de Pierre Notting before and did not love it in spite of its being a beautiful rose. Such are the vagaries of individual taste. I'm looking for a rose to go between Belinda's Dream and Madame Lambard for near the beginning of our driveway. The other side has Mme. Joseph Schwartz, Lavender Dream, Coquette des Blanches and Mrs. Woods Lavender Pink Noisette, so I probably should have a lighter color on this side also. I'm now even thinking of a single like La Marne to echo Lavender Dream on the other side, especially since it has some white in its blooms. I can agonize over "problems" like this forever.

Ingrid

What about the Georgetown Tea from ARE?

According to "Vintage Gardens Book of Roses", the Vintage GT was acquired from ARE.

It was the folks at ARE who discovered the rose in Georgetown, TX, so if one orders GT from them (or Vintage) you're pretty much assured of getting the real deal.

windeaux, thank you for that interesting bit of information. I'm wondering now how Chamblee's and perhaps other vendors came to offer another rose as Georgetown Tea.

Ingrid

Georgetown Tea" has different foliage, in appearance from Mme. Lambard" Also, I got rid of G.T. for it suffered badly from P.M. here, while M. L. does not.

Lux.

I looked at the rose on the ARE site and it doesn't look at all like my GT from Vintage.

I think my Mme. Lambard looks identical to Georgetown Tea. Both from ARE. With the comment from Lux I am imagining ML has lighter green foliage slightly. I will follow along, but according to the above discussion they should be different.

Mme Lambard was said by Vintage to be extremely variable, to the point that, "at one time we grew nearly a dozen collected forms of this rose which all looked different when they were found" (from their catalog). I grew GT and the blooms certainly resembled ML, a lot, though I didn't grow them side-by-side.

Lux said the foliage was different without being specific. Mine are closely located, same age, both ARE, GT is sl darker in foliage I imagine and ML is taller so far.

Now I'm not sure again. They look so much alike.

FWIW -- And I really haven't actually seen "Georgetown Tea" -- 'Mme. Lambard' is the second-most changeable rose I know. It's been collected all over the place (mine came from El Dorado, CA) and it's looked different enough in each place to fool some pretty experienced collectors.

My El Dorado 'Mme. Lambard' produces a constantly-changing panoply of colors and forms, so I can sure understand the confusion.

Just look at these three images . . .

I grew Georgetown Tea a about twenty years ago and it got pretty bad PM. I also grew Madame Lambard about a decade later. It had only moderate PM. It died after a couple years, not sure why. That particular area has not been a good spot for me, possibly competition from tree roots, even though it is a sunny spot.

Since I did not have them at the same time I cannot make any comparisons beyond that. My guess is that they are similar but not identical roses.

Rosefolly

Mine are planted essentially next to each other since I did not realize they were possibly the same. They have the same bush shape and bloom pattern and flowers. I got them both from ARE. I've tried to imagine differences, but am struggling to find them. Will keep trying.

I have both of them but one is in the front, from 2 gallon size, and the other in the back from quart size. I bought them about a week apart. They are both still very young and the flowers are of variable colors and sizes. But they are so much alike that it's hardly worthwhile to pick nits (HMF lists Mme. Lombard as up to 7x7 while Georgetown is smaller).

Which begs the question: just how many pink teas does one really need?

Another pair of possible twins: Souvenir d'un Ami and McClinton Tea. I have the latter but not the former.

My current quest is extremely fragrant teas that will do well in my area.

But I am having a hard time narrowing down my list. I have space for a few to get enormous but they will be in the back and probably not get that much TLC. I don't want any more duplicates or near duplicates. I leave that to the wealthy people from now on!

I also have space in the front for some smaller ones. For those, I would add another selection criterion: must look good essentially all the time, not just flowers but also bush.

I am reading the HMF data and some of it is lacking (a lot of listings omit size, for example).

What to do when so many of them look alike?