Rootstock sprouts?

Florence is own-root. Thanks for the suggestion though!

Bump. Crossing my fingers that someone can help me on this

Do the flowers look like those of Florence on HMF, humble, when she does bloom? (I realize this might not be an easy question, due to how variable her flowers are.) I do know that she didn't really repeat well for me until older and a few years in the ground. That characteristic is a lot like a number of the tea-noisettes I have grown and, upon longer acquaintance with her, I am thinking she may be more on the tea-noisette rather than tea end of the spectrum, due to her growth habit.

the flowers look like the ones Jerri Jennings posted. Its blooms in spring but not a lot and then sporadically after that

I do find it odd that any tea rose as old as yours (since Vintage has been closed for some years) would flower only in the spring. However, my Celine Forestier, which was a tea-noisette flowered so seldom that I gave up on her in her third year. Reve d'Or, another tea-noisette, on the other hand flowered almost from the beginning. It's puzzling and your choice is either to wait her out or send her to rose heaven. I would at least give her another spring and summer to see if you get later blooms. I do hope she's the real thing after your previous disappointments.

I would wait longer. My Celine Forestier did not repeat well, at all, until year 6 (in fact, it mostly looked like it was going to die, the first four years) and blooms all summer and fall now. My Jaune Desprez also did not repeat well until year 6 or so (it now blooms all summer and fall, too). Reve d'Or, year 5, is finally beginning to repeat well (helped that my neighbor removed a giant redwood tree to its west). Ditto Phil Edinger's tea-noisette. By my count, Vintage has only been shut 2 years or so (last release of roses, 2014, though it seems like forever), and 2 or 3 years is a "blink of the eye", in my experience, when it comes to establishing tea-noisettes and other climbers. So, I would counsel patience. Some do take right off (I've never seen MAC hesitate...), but the plants of others seem to need time to settle in, get some good roots.

Does the blooms on yours have a great scent, Yvette?

Should add that my mature Florence is only just having her "fall" flush now, rather late this year. It is a worthy rose, in my opinion -- worth waiting for.

Catspat, she smells sweet and like plastic though not intensely fragrant. I'm not sure I have a good nose for teas, although I have Marechal Niel from Rosepetals that smells quite strong. Mrs. B. R. Cant smells the same to me and she is supposed to also be highly scented.

I agree it is a rose worth waiting for

I did think Vintage had been closed longer than that, so Yvette's rose is not so old after all. I would definitely keep it after seeing it bloom hugely in some pictures here (what that yours, catspat?) It was one of the most spectacular roses I had ever seen.

Catspat, What fantastic blooms and plant! Gorgeous!

Catspat- it was your pictures that inspired me to buy FBPT! After your comments on the scent I feel pretty confident that I have the same rose. Living in Houston I'm used to tea roses taking right off so hence my worry.

Catspat, I thought you were the guilty one! Your garden is a bower of beautiful roses, and I don't think you post enough pictures enough what you have. This rose is well worth seeking out and having, both for its vigor (at least in your garden) and the ruffly, many-petaled roses. I can't understand why this beauty isn't more readily available.

This spring FBPT is absolutely covered in buds and her scent is much improved, some of the flowers have a classic rose scent. When she is in full bloom I'll post pics!

That's great news, humble. She was just taking her time being a teenager, and I can't wait to see her this spring. This is a good reminder for me to practice patience with some of my slow growers. With own-root roses you take your chances, that's for sure. Some will bloom when they're a foot tall, others take years. It's even more frustrating when the bush just sits there and refuses to grow while you lavish them with valuable water!

Here's Florence blooming for me. This flush could be better but the weather has been very cloudy and rainy this spring. Her scent has changed from a sweet plastic like smell to a rose smell.

Leaving aside the rose for one moment, I must say I like the structure you've got it on, it looks really thick and sturdy with the lattice pattern on the sides too... that wouldn't be cheap over here...

I'm actually scared of FBPT's size, she could be a house-eater for sure!