I got the same email , such a bummer as it looked so pretty! We could always email j & p and ask! Im hopeful they would want to do the right thing if there was a question about the rose being correct .

Im trying to pick my replacement but not sure yet. I was thinking of breath of life as your photos were so pretty but 10 ft? I really don't neeed more climbers. I'm stuck .

I got the same email so I suggested they just rename it Guess Who and sell it.

Palatine's BR canes are substantial; quite capable of having set buds while in the ground up in Canada. Does anyone know if Palatine purposely cuts off all buds to speed up sizing?

I'm asking because if they don't, would not the resulting blooms have been recognized as not Oh Happy Day? OP states Kordes informed Palatine of possible mix-up; did Palatine initiate the process after suspecting something was amiss?

The alert came straight from Kordes in Germany. Flower colour is not considered a accurate way to identify a rose. Kordes has been in business for many years so there could be another similar rose.

My Jackson Perkins order came this afternoon - Oh Happy Day was included. Now I am wondering if this is the correct rose........will be interesting to see. All 5 of my roses were in pots and look really good. I think I like these potted ones better than the bare roots - all I have to do is repot in bigger pot and watch them grow, they are all leafed out and one has a bud. We are due to get 32-33 degrees this weekend so they will go in the greenhouse until they are hardened off better. This is Texas so it might be 90 in 2 weeks.

Judith

Judith , what else did you get from them ? Good to know you like them potted as well . I always get nervous about bare roots not breaking dormancy

Rachel emailed me back and said she was disappointed in not having OH HAPPY DAY. She said their mother plants kept blooming yellow and that's why she knew it wasn't the right plant, so she contacted Kordes about it. Between them and Star Roses they concluded it was not the correct rose.

I'll be anxious to see what your blooms look like Judith!! Hopefully J&P didn't get the wrong budwood as well...

In addition to Oh Happy Day [I think about Secretariat as that song played throughout the movie] I got Vogue Anniversary, Caribbean Breeze, Bordeaux and Tangerine Skies - already have a small one from Roses Unlimited but JP's was priced at $11 and change - couldn't resist!! All of them look really healthy green leaves, green canes. I think when I repot them in the good soil I just got brought in they will take off. We generally have good weather here even through December so they should get good growth in pots over the winter and be ready to set out in spring. They do look like they have been grown in greenhouses, so shouldn't be stuck out in cold temps. Fun to get roses looking so good this time of year, these are roses looking like what I would expect to get in spring. Will snap a photo when I get time - having big Halloween party this weekend so will do it after the weekend is over.

Happy Halloween, Ya'll!

Judith