What the heck?

I have no idea but to me that is cool! Hope you get it figured out...

I think it is awesome. Could it be a sport of WC? I would wait and see if it occurs again. If it is, I would call Mr. Austin and offer him to buy the rights from you..lol.

Peachy blush = Redoute

I had to look up what "Redoute" means. So that is another sport of "Mary Rose". Funny I should get all these 'sports' on my new W.C. rose.

Redoute

I'd love to see it when they open. Please show it again when it does.

Redoute is pale pink. I don't recall it being peach at any stage of bloom.

Tooooo cool. Yes please post when they all open.

How unusual. I have heard some WC will revert back to Mary rose. Mine sometimes gets striped blooms, which I love. I hope it does not revert completely for you, it's a great rose.

Where did you buy the rose? I think it's so cool to have 3 colors in 1.

Mcnastarana: Redoute's blush pink can be a bit variable by location & weather. The peachy color on the guard petals won't necessarily show up in the open flower. Here it is sporting gray tones on a WC bush. Notice the yellow towards the petal bases:

I bought 6 David Austin roses through their Texas location. This is the only one that has done something unusual.

Love it!

You have the best DA! :-) You should make at least $200 if you sell it on EBay........:-)

Very nice caflowerluver! You lucked out, because that triple sport phenomenon cannot be propagated. I was visiting Gregg Lowery of Vintage Gardens last month, and he had a plant of Rose du Roi that had also triple sported, displaying Bernard, Mogador, and Panachee de Lyon on one bush. I wanted one too, but he said whatever cutting you took will only flower the same color as the cane you took it from, not all three. Enjoy your marvelous rose!

Thanks everyone. I must admit I am excited about it. I have never had this happen in my 40+ years of growing roses and I have grown all types.

Hehe I have a Redoute that has a branch which sports back to Mary Rose. No tricolour bushes tho. Your "Redoute" flower looks almost like Mary Magdalene

Remarkable I've never seen anything like it. Beautiful flowers especially the apricot blush.

There is another dark bud.

Oh I so love that!!

Wow, I've never seen anything like that! Gorgeous.

I love it. Thanks for posting another pic with them all bloomed out.

Now if you wouldn't mind. Could we have an update on how the bush does while maturing. It's so interesting and different.

I will post when the other bud opens. The soft peach color one got lighter as it opened. Looks more light cream color now. That seems to happen with David Austin roses or at least it has happened to me. Molineux went from a rich golden yellow to the palest yellow, almost white.

That is just too cool. I hope you didn't have your heart set on a pure white rose because this is really unique. I bet all your neighbors will want one. I know I do :)

This is really cool

Tag each cane with the color it bloomed and wait for them to bloom again and see what happens. If they bloom the 3 colors again take cutting from the branches and try to root them.

How wonderful!!! That is just so cool!!! Do you notice any fragrance difference between the roses?

Carol

seil - I was just thinking of doing that yesterday. It will be interesting to see if it does bloom the same color on those canes.

Carol - my nose can't smell fragrances anymore due to an illness so don't know if they have any. I will have to bug DH to smell them for me.

Yes, and specifically ask him to notice if there are any differences in how they smell. :)

Carol

DH smelled them and he said they were different but it was hard to describe the smell because it was so slight. He did say the peachy one had a "medicinal" fragrance. Is that what myrrh smells like?

I don't think the peachy one is Redoute (supposed to be light pink). And Redoute isn't supposed to have a myrrh fragrance, but a sweet one. So maybe that one is a brand new sport???

Carol