If you post pics of the buds, thorns, and the entire bush, you will make it easier for folks on here to give you ideas. Oh, also - is it fragrant?

Jackie

Spring-only blooming is odd for a rose that looks like this. I can't think of a single one. Does it get enough water to grow and bloom during summer and fall? There are red hybrid perpetuals that don't give much repeat bloom, but these are not likely to have been planted by grandmother.

But if anyone is to help, need pics of the cane structure, thorns, a whole typical leaf, etc.

It could be one of so many roses that came out over twenty years ago. Off the top of my head I'd say Mister Lincoln, Mirandy, or Oklahoma

Sounds like Chianti.

Something else that is of enormous help in identifying roses is knowing where they are growing.

Are we sure it's not a climber. This looks like Don Juan to me.

She didn't have it climbing on anything.

I'm with kublakan on this. It looks like it's trying to climb.

Yeah I've looked at pics online and kind of narrowed it down to that. I think I might order one online or try and propagate it. Thanks for the help!

John, I'm going to assume that you know that a climbing rose is not like a vine by the fact that you stated that "she didn't have it climbing on anything"; meaning there was no supporting structure for the rose to support itself. I can tell you from experience that Don Juan will outlive most support structures. When the structures do crumble and fall apart, they do exactly what this rose is doing: fall, lean, and grow up again.

Oh I know. I think she might have had some kind of support structure at one time but she's been gone since 2000 and I don't exactly remember if she had it supported or not.

The climber 'Don Juan' is very common in Florida, but it is a reliable repeat bloomer. 'Chianti', suggested by mad_gallica, is a once-bloomer, but a very uncommon rose.

Good point Michael. John, have you tried to fertilize the roses to promote blooming at another time of the year.

It's at my dad's house and I don't think he fertilizes it.