Thanks for the notes about the books. I've already purchased the Roses for Dummies book... I'm trying to understand the recommendations but not knowing the type of rose is blocking me from really understanding what to do next. I'm not sure if the growth on #3 is coming from below the graft. There's so many canes that have been cut it's just a mess- but probably? I took some time today to prune some of the dead canes. The next ones I'm really questioning are the ones with lots of top growth. Rose number 1 is just so tall for the space but looks the healthiest of all. I hate to cut it back too much and ruin it. Rose number 2 doesn't have much growth at the bottom and looks really top heavy.

HI Kaylah, It "could" be celestial, the only objection would be the outer petals look different to me, plus, doesnt celestial open up to show its stamens alot of times? This stays fairly doubled through its stages. It might be celestial, I do not know! Its more than likely this area would have been settled by English settelers during that time. The only other option would be french, they were more to the south and eastern north. Later the Irish and Scots came, but that was a little later. Veilchen, that rose does look similiar, my first thought was this rose was an alba of some sort due to the height and scent. But im not sure now. My buds look a little different i feel like though... take a look...I can only guess as to when the rose was planted. I do not know if it was the year the house built or much later. It could have been in the 1800's for sure! Thank you, Silverkelt

I'm sorry, I didn't see my original post from a few days back actually worked, and diane_nj helped to identify this rose as "Paradise". Thanks very much!

Thanks so much diane_nj for helping to identify this rose. Since the plant and flower is on the small side, I was really having difficulty figuring out what it was. Perhaps this is because it is the first year for these plants and they will grow larger with time hopefully. Cheers!