Could it be 'Comtesse de Cayla'? That has slender China-like growth and vivid, semi-double flowers. However, in the second photo the leaflets are perhaps too broad. Does your friend know whether it's a modern rose or an old kind? Melissa

You're welcome, Carol. Check the foliage, wood, prickles and scent of newly opened blooms. Weather, fertilizer, moisture levels and climate can affect bloom shape, but the coloring of the blooms appear very similar to me between the two. Are there other darker mauve HTs you've bought, or is Rothschild the darker one that's followed you home? Rothschild is quite fragrant, or was here. It always appeared to me that none of the major US producers picked it up because they had Silk Hat in the pipeline. In my garden and to my taste, Rothschild was the superior plant and bloom, but it boils down to economics. Had they pushed Rothschild, they would have owed Meilland the royalties. Waiting for Silk Hat, they got to keep all the royalties for themselves. Kim Here is a link that might be useful: Silk Hat

Probably Dr. Huey. It is probably the rootstock of a previous grafted rose, where everything from the graft up died and the rootstock took over. Very common all over California. Dr. Huey is a once bloomer -- that is, once it blooms in the spring, it is done for the year until next spring. Kathy

Do you remember anything more about the youtube video? If it was say, Gardener's World or a 'famous gardens' or perhaps one of the Great Garden Revival shows? Or whether it was an ordinary how to, or techniques video? Because that would help immensely.