Baby young roses frequently have different color, or shape, of blooms than they will have when they grow up. Also, it is true that the weather can affect the look of blooms. I have both Cecile Brunner and Perle d'Or in my garden. Tomorrow I will go out and look at them and compare them to your pictures, and let you know what I think. I also live in Northern CA, Zone 9.

Could you post more pictures of just the foliage? Chamblees says that is indicative, so I would like to compare that to my roses also.

Jackie

I have both, and I think that's Perle d'Or. As the flower opens it should be more apparent in the shape of the petals.

Perle d'Or never looks orange for me, and it can look quite pink sometimes. Usually it's a peachy pink that fades to buff.

In case they are helpful, I've posted a couple of photos of Perle d'Or blooms in a vase. These were taken in April in Portland, OR, so the temps were mild and the days were sometimes cloudy. Carol

My PdO gets more apricot in the warmer weather. That definitely is NOT Cecile Brunner. This is my PdO.

ChIming in from Texas, that looks like my PdO when the weather is cooler, and yes we do have cool weather here, it's not hot all of the time. When the weather warms up my PdO is more of a apricot color and is never orange and looks like the pictures above. I would say you have the correct rose. It has been one of my best roses too, never has any BS and is always in bloom. Mine is going on it's 4th year and has grown as tall as up to my shoulders. I think you will really like this rose.

I just ran out and looked at the leaves on my CB and my PdO. The leaves on your rose definitely look more like the PdO leaves - rounder than the CB. So, I don't think you need to worry at all about having received the wrong rose.

I agree that PdO is a great rose. There are 2 very old mature ones in our neighborhood which do not appear to get much care, and they bloom and bloom, and I hardly ever see disease on them.

Jackie

Texas is hot in the summer, but in the winter it ranges from warm to fairly cold, depending on local conditions. In Tyler, today's high is forecast to be 64F with a low of 40F....

Definitely agree that that looks like 'Perle d'Or', and not 'Cecile Brunner'. They are both very good roses here, and I hope your Pd'O will perform well for you in your garden.

Virginia

Jackie，Thank you very much for your help. I hope my PdO blooms continually and send out delight fragrance．^_^

Does anybody have her in the shade or feel that she could do well in the shade? (shaded in spring and fall, blazing hot afternoon sun in summer)

her cousin cecille brunner does better in partial shade, but don't know about blazing afternoon sun....that would be more perle's department. It would depend on how much shade, but would need at least 5 or 6 hours of sun a day, but that is kind of true for most roses. if there is less sun than that, maybe an alba or some of the musks....

There is actually a touch of yellow in flower of plant asked about.

Lavender Lace, mine gets sun in spring and is shaded (not deep shade) for all but 2-3 hours from summer through fall after our ash tree breaks dormancy. PdO grows tall and blooms all summer. The foliage isn't as bushy in shade, and the bloom count is lower, but let's face it. PdO in full sun produces countless blooms, so PdO at half capacity flowers more per flush than many roses at the height of performance. Carol

lavenderlace, my Pd'O is in dappled shade- almost all my roses are- and blooms well and consistently, though possibly not as well as it would with more sunlight.

Virginia

Thanks so much for your thoughts on the shade!