The problem is that if it is a once blooming rose it will only bloom on OLD wood or LAST YEARS growth. If you keep cutting off the new growth off it will never bloom. Without seeing a bloom it would be impossible to ID it for you. Is there anyway you can put a trellis behind it and let it grow on that so it doesn't touch the house?

Sorry John I clicked on your profile and saw your location. You lucky devil I typed in one of your zip codes. There are at least 30 nurseries in your area that carry EE rose including Lowes and Menards. Ours never have them and I'm not that far from Chicago. Thats usually where I end up driving. Most likely you will also be able to find Campfire. It's not an EE but a newer intro from Canada. Highly recommend this rose if you like it that is.

I bought the white one from Home Depot. Do you agreed it's not, "The Fairy" originally labeled? It also grows like Wedding Dress... very leggy but the blooms are the tiniest I've ever seen. Maybe only 1". Not sure where I bought the others. If I had to guess, Home Depot. It was before I knew I could buy roses online. Not knowing the names of these roses have been driving me crazy for the past few years. Happy to have found this forum.

The best cure for black spot is GROW BLACK SPOT RESISTANT ROSES! Black spot resistant roses are coming out from the rose breeders more and more each year, from: bushs like the Knock Out series, ground covers like the Drift series, floribundas like Poseidon, to even hybrid teas like Pinkerbelle. That's your best bet to grow roses having the most pristine foliage without having to spray them. May I respectfully ask you to examine the underside of your leaves for spider mites. I do not see strong evidence of a black spot infestation in your sample leaf. Black spot, it may be, but usually several black, roundish, fuzzy-edged spots of varying sizes are present on a rose's leaf, often turning the leaf a bright yellow before it drops off. There are several strains of black spot, though, each with its own visual appearance. The most common black spot strain's symptom is as I just described. An individual spot being up to about 3/8" diameter, and adjacent spots do grow into each other making for a much larger 'community,' spot to 3/4" across, but usually not circular in its shape, but irregular. If it is a fungus, looks more like Cercospora leaf spot because the spots are not black, but tan/gray in color, particularly at their centers. However, the difference between the two, cercospora leaf spot and black spot, is a difference without much distinction. Both are harmful rose fungi. Athough in my garden, black spot is more deadly. BS can kill a bush at the worst, and at the least, weaken it until it performs very poorly. Cercospora is a little less deadly. Moses