Doesn't look at all like Pretty Jessica which is cool pink and never even remotely coral colored.

Here's PJ open:

typical cluster blooming:

She has the biggest, fattest, and most fully packed buds of any rose I know:

Sorry, but I have no idea what your NOID is.

Kate

I agree with Kate--no coral tones ever on PJ.

If it was a prepackaged bare root don't blame the nursery. They got it from their supplier already mis-labeled. The color looks more like my Jubilee Celebration.

No I don't blame the nursery, I'm just not keen on it as it's one of those places where lots of plants look terrible from lack of care. I don't think this is even an Austin. I have Jubilee Celebration and the growth is quite different. This is upright, narrow, doesn't really branch much and wanting to have tall canes (they are flopping over) with clusters of 3-4 blooms at the top. It's a more vigorous grower than my other Austins. I have absolutely no idea what it is and no idea where to start to try and find out!

Could this just be Bonica or something similar and the coral tones were due to the heat? Subsequent blooms don't seem to have as much coral. Surely it must be a modern floribunda of some kind?

Your rose is beautiful to my eyes! I prefer it to Pretty Jessica any day. I know I've seen this rose somewhere but cannot remember it's name. Good luck in your hunt to find the true name.

I also find it familiar. Actually, I thought it looks rather like Austin's The Mayflower.

Reminds me of Tournament of Roses http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.6072&tab=1 or Camelot https://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.928.0&tab=1 - both grandifloras. Lovely rose!

I had another look this morning and there was really no perfume to speak of. I haven't seen the Mayflower in person but some of the photos look quite similar. Supposedly the Mayflower has some perfume though? It also says on HMF that it's very resistant to black spot - this rose isn't - it's reasonable.

Vasue, I'm not sure that it's Tournament of Roses or Camelot as the blooms don't seem to ever be high-centered. Camelot is a bit too coral I think. Thanks for looking though, any other ideas?

I'll try and take a picture of the whole bush tomorrow so everyone can see how it's growing. None of my other Austins are similar, they are more delicate-looking and branching, this rose is like Jack's bean stalk! The petals are definitely more waxy and substantial than my other Austins too, which explains why it does so very well in the heat. The foliage is also quite sparse - to try and say it properly - the internodes are quite long??

I'm going to go out on a limb and say I really don't think it's Mayflower - there is some similarity in the photo with the stamens showing, but otherwise, it certainly never looks like that for me. Also, my Mayflower is a small dense well foliated thing, with matte green, rough textured leaves. And it is well scented and the flowers are on the small side. It is not a typical Austin. I have no ideas what your rose actually is though, I'm sorry to say.

Edited to add, in particular look at the photos on HMF by Candice and HonzaPM - they show the foliage texture well and also the purple tints to the flowering stalk and pedicel that I find to be very characteristic.

Fduk, you are probably right, since I haven't grown TM for a while. It did not do well for me so it got the heave-ho.

Princess Alexandra of Kent might have been near Pretty Jessica (alphabetically) but I don't think it's that either (I've never seen it)?

I just remembered Meilland's Leonardo da Vinci. It has the waxy petals and lack of scent. I have never grown it so cannot comment on the foliage. Treloars and Mistydowns both promoted it when it was released IIRC.

Hmm that is looking quite a lot like it in the pictures! I'll have to investigate more...

For those of you in Oz, this rose came from a particularly terrible Bunnings! I got "Pretty Jessica" and Potter and Moore for $4.50 each, I have no idea who the supplier would have been. I was surprised as Potter and Moore is a bit less common around here (and it actually seems to be the right rose - hurray!)

If you managed to get those roses from Bunnings, yours is better than the three I have around here....all Delbards,Meillands, common HTs /Fs and groundcovers/ landscape roses. Oh, and some Parade roses.

Yes, for $4.50 each I had to give them a try, even if they did look like they were at death's door. I would have liked to get a few cheap Delbards to experiment with, but I only saw them (in person) at Swanes and they were too pricey for my level of interest.

I did also get another Zepherine Drouhin at this particular Bunnings (more pricey at $8.95!) and it's growing like a weed, so you never know what you will find (or get!) I quite like the gamble but in this case I would have liked Pretty Jessica, oh well...