Wow, gorgeous!!! She doesn't look like a briar. Someone way smarter than me will name her!!

Nancy.

Wow - what a find! No idea who she is, either, but I like her, too! I hope you can find more of her friends!

Fragrant or No?
Does she have thorns?
Is she too big to be Cecille Brunner? The buds look kind of fat.
Is she too small and pale for Zephirine Droughin?

I'm out of guesses.

Nell

Lots of thorns. LOTS. The bud on that one is about the size of an acorn. It's not really that large. The flower is just over 2" across.

Cecille Brunner is way too frilly. This one is an open bloom. I never saw it when it was opening. I just noticed the bud yesterday.

It looks like the wild roses we have around here, except that yours is on steroids. I bet it's a fairly old one.

MeMo

I like her too! Do you think she is a repeat bloomer? How did the rose get there? Is it wild or did it use to be developed land? Boy, I sure wish I had woods like yours that popped out free roses! If you happen to see a five ft. 3in. blond-ish woman skulking about your woods with a spade do not be alarmed, its just me looking for a rose like yours!
The nice folks at the Name That Rose forum on GW could help you give the right name for your new baby.
CMK

Here is a link that might be useful: Name That Rose forum

There are lots of them in the woods. They're growing all over, but never bloom. There's stone paths and boxwoods and camellias and daylilies. There's 20 years of leaves on top of most of it now. Only the strong survived. I must have left a piece of root near the trellis. I noticed a shoot coming from where the hole was dug. This thing wants to grow.

She's pretty! Don't know the name, but my son has found FIELDS of waist-high roses in areas where he digs (archaeology) on old sites and farms. He says that they have terrible thorns, too! He couldn't figure out the type, but he thinks that they must be quite the survivors, so they must go back quite a few years to have spread into entire fields. He can't remove anything (to keep) from these sites (you can't imagine the government paperwork).

Cameron

I think she is "Old Blush".

A very dependable, lovely rose, that will bloom and bloom and bloom for you. It is not usually bothered with black spot, or much of anything else, either.

Janie

Old Blush was going to be my next guess. Everything has black spot this spring because of the rain.

Nell

'Old Blush' was first introduced in 1752, and is in the family tree of many of our modern roses. I say 'modern', but I do mean antique roses. Many modern roses are considered 'antique' because they have the properties of the old roses.

She is easily propagated, too. A really great find!

Janie

Wow! That brings back memories! I can remember as a kid we would tromp through the woods looking for "the roses". Very thorny, but boy did they bloom!! We would bring home bouquets by the armload! Seems like they only bloomed once a season though.
That's wonderful to have woods full of roses begging you to take them home and let them bloom!!
BBH

I don't think she's either Cécile Bruner or Zéphirine. Zéphirine is a vivid pink and thornless and so is her pink sport, Kathleen Harrop, which she resembles more in color, though not in form. I also don't think it's Old Blush. I have Old Blush and the blooms have more petals and the foliage doesn't look like a china rose to me. Chinas foliage is airier. I would suspect a kind a briar too, maybe a rosa canina of some sorts. Does the foliage have an aromatic fragrance, particularly after a rain fall? Do you remember from the ones in the woods whether they set hips? I would suggest you also ask in the Antique Roses forum here at gardenweb. Very knowleadgeable rosarians there who may be able to identify it behind a reasonable doubt.

Eduarda

She doesn't look like my Old Blush rose. It is semi-double and a darker pink. It has very few thorns and grows into a bush that is about 3.5x3.5. It doesn't vine and has very little fragrance.

Knowing the growing habit , type of thorns, fragrance or lack thereof will help others identify it.

I wondered if it was rosa carolina , pasture rose, or maybe rosa setigera, prairie rose, which is a climber and very fragrant.

We have them growing wild here or did until RRD killed so many of them.

It is sure a pretty one.

Rosa canina looks very close. The bloom shape.

I posted on the Name this Rose forum.

It's growing upright at the moment. It has no fragrance as far as I can smell. I had moved a few last year but none of them bloomed so I assumed it was a root stock that got out of control from roses she planted ages ago.

Some blooms of 'Old Blush' will be tighter, some will be a different shade of pink. There is also a climbing 'Old Blush'.

This is just my experience.

Janie

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:662988}}

She is a beauty Tom. I think she looks like a wild old rose. She doesn't look like my Old Blush either. I wonder what other beauties are growing in the woods behind your home.

Happy gardening ~ FlowerLady

She looks like a Bourbon. However, Bourbons are known for their fragrance.

She does look like Climbing Old Blush, as was stated. Climbing Old Blush has loser petals than the bush variety, but all OB roses have some fragrance.

The no noticeable fragrance has me stumped.

Like any other herb, roses have more fragrance in the morning when it starts to warm up outside. By evening, the essential oils which contain the scent are not as present. Check for fragrance in the mornings when the sun first warms the blooms.

She is definitely a keeper, though.

Great find!
~Annie

I would also suggest the Antique Rose forum if you can't find the answer -- many of the people there are so very experienced with a wide variety of old roses . . . I'm sure someone there will know what yours is!

Looks like a Carolina Rose!!!

Here is a link that might be useful: Carolina Rose

It looks a lot like the Carolina Rose, but this one is intent on being a climber or maybe an ambitious rambler. I smelled it again this evening. It does have a faint scent, but nothing I could notice from a couple feet.

OK, my 2 cents.
First of all, for the rose to have survived in the woods for years neglected is truly amazing. Shade tolerant!!!!!
Second, can you tell if the rose is grafted????
Third, my thought is that it could be root stock from a mid century grafted rose, but I don't know of any root stock that color ( the common one for this area now a days is Dr. Huey, red). But who knows what they could have used back then.
I'll be interested in hearing if it reblooms.
It could be a house eater. lol
Jim

I have a "Prairie Rose" or Carolina Rose. It has a great lemony fragrance and fills my yard with it's scent.

Own root roses (OGR) look much like that. Even David Austin loved them and used them (for their fragrance, hardiness and disease resistance) and crossed them with other roses to create his awesome English roses.

I have several OGR. All are very, very heady fragrant and only bloom in Spring. (but worth the wait for what they bring to the garden IMHO). They are stoleniferous (spread by root stolens), but not so fast that you can't shovel prune them. Mine are just beginning to bud and bloom now. They will be in full bloom in May and bloom from 4-6 weeks.
Blooms are small as are the leaves, compared to other roses.

The light fragrance, large leaves and the leaf rust tells me that it is probably NOT an OGR.

I think she may be a Climbing Old Blush. She prefers some shade to conserve moisture. Her blooms have double petals and is blousy, and she has pointed leaves, all like yours.

Check out the link below. Make sure you read all the info at the bottom of the page, too.
~Annie

Here is a link that might be useful: Climbing Old Blush - pictures and information

Annie, if this is an Old Blush, I'll love it. Here's what the link says.

'Old Blush CL' is a vigorous climber that will rapidly reach heights from 12' - 20'.

R - Repeat. 'Old Blush CL' is a consistent repeat bloomer that starts early in the season and finishes late. Along the Gulf coast, it can bloom for eleven months of the year.

The spring flush of blooms is tremendous and can rival azaleas. In the heat of the summer its bloom quality may suffer a bit, but it regains vigor in the cooler fall weather. Its reliability as a repeat bloomer gave it the name "Monthly Rose."

Yes, I think it might be a house eater. I hope so. I need a reason to replace the front porch.

I forgot to add that I had read other descriptions that describe it as a 3-4' tall shrub rose. Obviously, I like the idea of a climber much better. I need to get busy rebuilding that porch.

token,

Old Blush Climber is a 'sport' of Old Blush rose bush, the 3-4ft shrub rose in that other reference.

Annie

Thanks Annie. That makes sense. I'm going to call her Old Blush for now. Seems a lot of people agree with that. I'll update as more blooms open.

If anyone wants one of these, let me know. I have lots growing in the back woods. LOTS. Cuttings apparently root without any issues.