Thanks, Cathy, for your interest, but I'm afraid you're probably right about the practicality challenge, lol. Oh well. If no one in my area from this forum can come get it, I'll find someone who doesn't pay much attention to rose culture who will take it off my hands. It is, after all, pretty low-maintenance. But I figured someone already into roses might be more excited by it, and might better appreciate how unusual a variety it is. So hey! folks, the rose is still here. I'll give it up to a month here if needed on the forum, then I've got to get rid of it some other way. : ( ...because my three new Roses Unlimited roses are coming in March! : )

I grow 50 Rugosas(25 different) in my garden and I find the beauty of them is that I don't have to worry about disease or poor growth. I am not organic but I don't spray and I only use compost around the base of the Rugosas. I would try not to view them as modern ( even if some have just been introduced) as this will destroy the beauty of trouble free plants. To me the only thing I have to worry about is their suckering and some do it very well. Here is my list of Rugosas which do okay in the PNW on sandy soil and gale force winds off the sea. Belle PointevineÂsemi double mauve pink Darts Dash...semi double carmine Dr. Eckener...semi double yellow and pink FlamingoÂsingle rose pink Foxi PavementÂsemi double purple pink Hansa...double carmine HansalandÂsemi double deep red Henry HudsonÂsingle white HunterÂdouble rich red Jens Munk...double pure pink Kordes Robusta...single rich red Morden Sunrise...single amber edged pale red Pink Grootendorst...double carnation type pure pink PolareisÂdouble white shaded pink, pink buds Pristine PavementÂsemi double pure white RokokoÂsemi double soft peach Roseraie de l HayÂdouble carmine RugeldaÂdouble yellow flushed red Rugspin...single carmine red RuskinÂdouble rich red Sarah van Fleet...semi double pure pink ScabrosaÂsingle carmine pink Scarlet PavementÂsemi double fuchsia red Showy PavementÂsemi double pale carmine pink Souvenir de Philemon CochetÂdouble white flushed pink Topaz JewelÂdouble soft yellow White Grootendorst...double white White Max GrafÂsingle white

Thanks for all the help, folks! That's a good point that the striped roses tend to be variable in color and not to over judge the one bloom, particularly on a brand new band. I'm happy with any descendants of Ferdinand Pichard, Christopher, since I can't seem to keep the parent himself alive in my yard. So far, there seems to be consensus that Papageno is a good working name for this one. I actually like the prospect of these mystery roses, mgleason, since it could be literally anything in their catalog and it tends to stretch me to try roses I wouldn't normally buy. A few years ago, the mystery rose was "Rookie", a compact short flori/mini white rose, and it really has turned out to be a nice steady bloomer and great bloom form. I probably wouldn't have bought Robin Hood or Sophisticate (from two and three years ago) on their own, but they ramble nicely in the part shade, and they really make a statement in the neighbor's yard where they asked me to expand my shade area into their side of the yard. You're right that I might be able to ask Rogue Valley, though I find that their phone personnel are lovely people and helpful with orders, but they don't seem to know the details of the roses if they're not labeled. I don't know if Rogue Valley sends mystery plants because the labels have been lost or misplaced in propagation (hence they don't know any more than we do), or because they're overstocked. On my side, it would be more convenient to call these "our choice" rather than "mystery" roses and leave the tags in if it's the latter situation, but I don't mind the unknown for the first year. My only dilemma comes in where to plant something that hasn't bloomed and I have no clue what it is. The unknown mini from this year was easy to place, but I have a vaguely HT looking bush that I had to guess where to put, since I rarely if ever move roses once planted. Besides, I have all you lovely helpful folks to help me identify the roses each year! I challenge any rose company, except maybe Burlington and the dearly departed Vintage, to have the breadth of expertise in identifying a wide range of roses that we have here on GW! Cynthia

Michelle, I sent you an email last week about trading something for one of your Harison's Yellow, if you still have one. My roses are still too young to trade, but check what else is on my trade list to see if I have anything you would like. Thanks, Ed