There are several different roses in the pic- trying to id pink... Moss?

Maybe the Hybrid Musk rose 'Vanity'? 'Vanity' has a deliciously sweet scent! Carol

Goeth?

Maybe Duchess of Portland ?

Not a great picture, but this is my Duchess of Portland I chose as my free gift rose from RVR a few years ago:

Oooooo, Pat! Like.

Kelly, could you take some more shots of the canes and younger/older foliage? I'm still leaning toward Vanity but won't continue to do so if the canes and older foliage present as Portland/Damask Perpetual. Right now, what I see are smooth canes with some thorns, a bud that looks Vanity-ish and fairly smooth foliage. I'll have to check HMF to revisit the shape of Vanity's leaves. What did Jeri call those little moss-like hairs/bumps that aren't moss? I think Vanity has those, and I think your rose does, too.

Carol

Could it be a Gallica such as Alika?

Alika on Helpmefind

I had Alika in Alaska and loved it. This rose's foliage looks different and the rose looks pinker than I remember.

A few more pics... Maybe. Six petals?

Hooked thorns but no red...

Kelly, thanks for the additional photos! Call me crazy, but I still think your rose looks a lot like Vanity--bloom, bud, foliage, canes,.... Unfortunately, I don't currently grow Vanity, so I'm identifying from memory. I just hopped over to HMF to see if anyone there posted cane photos and discovered a hole in the wealth of info on that indispensable site: no Vanity cane photos. I hope someone who grows Vanity can rectify that gap. Maybe that same someone can confirm or deny my ID of this mystery rose? Kelly, there are Vanity bud, bloom and foliage images on HMF. You could check them out and see what you think. Carol

Hmmm. This is one RVR sells.....Helpmefind states this rose has nine to sixteen petals and is about two and a half inches. Mine has six petals and is maybe an inch and a half but it is still young. Buds also are furry /hairy....

Hey, Kelly! You're up late, too. :-)

I work overnights so my sleep schedule is all crazy...

You know, I was thinking, Kelly, that you might have a North American native rose of some kind given the small flowers, low petal count and glandular hairs. (I finally remembered the name.) If your rose is young, it could be presenting with a lower petal count and smaller bloom size until it matures, but it could also be that your rose just HAS a lower petal count and a smaller bloom size. Some native roses have dark canes, but some are green like yours. The type of thorns could be a clue. Is there a flower or foliage scent? I believe RVR carries a few natives. I'm signing off for the night. (I was up with my daughter.) Maybe an ID will appear in our dreams! Carol

What is the saddest, most irritating part about getting these "gems" from RVR is there is NO ONE there who knows enough about any of the roses to actually have an idea of what they mis sent you.

I'm thinking along Carol's lines, some species or species hybrid. It doesn't look like anything I can think of in my own garden. A form of R. moyesii??

Here's my baby Moyesii from Burling.

Sheila, you must be growing every rose that's ever existed! :-) Carol

Handsome, Sheila! The foliage is different from that of Kelly's mystery rose. I've tried and failed twice with Moyesii, but the conditions I gave them were awful. Time for another attempt?

I think so Melissa. I saw one in England in 2011 full grown and it was really interesting. More upright which is a change from my usual drapers.

This is just a stab in the dark, but what about one of the eglantines. Maybe Anne of Geierstein or Greenmantle ?

That's a thought, Plantoloverkat. RVR carries some Penzance roses, I believe, like Edith Bellenden and maybe those you listed. Kelly's rose just doesn't look thorny enough to me, more like in the medium to medium-high obnoxious range when mature. I think EB may be a bit less thorny than other R rubiginosas, but I don't know if it is a match for Kelly's rose since I've never grown it. Do you know if all Penzance roses are well-armed or are some less so? I've only grown thorny buggas like the original species. Ouch!

Adding: I just popped over to HMF out of curiosity. An experienced member called Rosaplant in Poland posted a photo of an EB flower cluster with a glimpse of cane behind the flowers. The cane/thorns look like they might be similar. What do you think Kelly?

Kelly, does your rose's foliage have any scent? Are the flowers clustered or mainly single per stem?

I hear Kim's pain above. I think the experienced employees at RVR no longer work there, and Janet Inada is probably looking longingly at retirement. She must be exhausted trying to juggle everything that running an independent rare rose nursery requires! It's kind of her to keep RVR going, but I'm not sure how long we can ask it of her.

Carol