Houzz deleted part of my post and won’t let me edit. The kind lady agreed to let me have cuttings in the near future :), I am so excited. The bush is tall and arches over a 6 or 7 feet tall fence. It kind of reminds me of some of the hybrid perpetuals posted in my recent thread “looking for a globular rose” by Mustbnuts. Any ideas?

Unfortunately I can’t help, but I enjoy stories like these.

No idea, but it’s lovely! Is that a pink/lilac color I’m seeing? Lisa

It is Lisa. The newer bloom is more pink and the older more open bloom certainly has a lilac cast. My husband just made it home and asked if I had “stolen” someone’s roses lol. I couldn’t believe him lol so I had to tell him the whole story about shamelessly engaging this lady in conversation after leaving my car running on the side of street. I offered to bring her some rooted cuttings of my roses in the future so she can have some new ones :)

I love this story too!! I would do the same thing and sometimes I wish anyone would even notice my roses! Lol you absolutely made her day I’m sure . The rose is gorgeous.

Does this seem similar to you ?

https://www.rosesgalore.com/seven-sisters-rose.html

maybe do a little search as the color seems to vary a bit . :)

Beautiful rose! Good for you, making conversation with the woman who planted it. If you want an ID you could post this on the Antique Roses forum too, in case some of the people who look at that page don't see it here.

Thank you everyone for posting. It is always great to meet people who like roses.

Lily they certainly look kind of similar. I have never seen the seven sisters in person. I am going to keep an eye on the plan whenever I go by to see if I can notice how much the vary.

Tha k you K S I am going to post it in the antique forum and see if I get lucky.

Perhaps next time you see her you could ask if it's a once-bloomer. If not, that would eliminate 7Sisters. I also loved this story. I'm sure she was thrilled as I would be. Perhaps once you have some possibilities, it will jog her memory.

It reminds me of Therese Bugnet.

Flowers It does look very similar also. The leaves on your Therese B seem a bit more pointy than those on my pictures, but I don't know how much leaves vary from plant to plant. How is your rose for BS? I noticed the rose I posted already had BS here in BS hell, but I am certain the owner does not spray because she said she doesn't even water her and just lets it do its thing.

I noticed the difference in the leaves, too. They are a little crinkly since it is a hybrid rugosa, but not as crinkly as some. Mine is not a good example of BS. Too dry for that here. We get almost all our rain early spring before roses leaf out, a tad in the fall, and that's it.

Therese Bugnet has an impressive flush in the spring then blooms pretty well the rest of the season. Mine is maybe 20ish years old.

Good luck with your search. If you watch it through spring and summer, you'll know more about it's habits. I'm very curious to know, too.

Thank you Flowers. I will keep an eye on her and report back.

Lily I am very certain there is no one on this world that could ever go by your house who wouldn't notice your beautiful garden. I have admired how beautiful it is since their first time I saw pictures and definetly have tried to imitate you (mine is still no where close)

I'll take a guess at 'Lavender Lassie'... from both flower and foliage.. buds and sepals..

..oh and also from the dimension and scent descriptions..

Here are a couple of photos from HMF that I think are closest to the ones above..

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Marlorena, I think you nailed it. That rose would have been more widely known and popular about the time this one was planted.

Wow thank you Marlorena. I have been wanting to have Lavender Lassie for a while, but have never seen it in person. This would be a nice surprise.

What a nice rose and a great story to go with it. Thanks for sharing with us, Dianela! I’m convinced planting roses in the front yard is the best way to make friends. I never knew any of my neighbors, but since putting rosebeds in the front yard, I’ve chatted with passersby and made so many good friends.