Rose Identification Please
Hi,
please can i have help identifying a rose. here is everything i know:
petal count - 60-70 (that includes the tiny ones on the inside)
bloom size - medium
scent - very little
height - about 5 foot + (I did recently cut down the main large central stem back to the height of the rest of it as it was towering about at 6 + feet)
spread - 4-5 feet
currently has maybe 80 flowering buds at various stages and about 30 closed/green buds so blooms well
very thorny main stems - main two are 2 inches + thickness.
was here when we moved in so not sure of age.
thanks!!
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Comments (8)Did you save your lovely old rose from the backhoe? If it's flowering so well and is healthy why on earth destroy it? As the others say, it could easily be tidied up and pruned back into shape - easier to work with a robust rose that's obviously thriving in your climate with little care, than start again with something new that you may have to labour over...(Sorry, just my opinion).... Yes it looks as if it may be a rugosa or something with a bit of rugosa in it; I didn't know Hansa grew that big but others would know better. Does it smell sort of warm/clove-like? If it is H. you have yourself a very good rose that will be easy to care for in the future, once you've got it back under control. And there should be gorgeous big decorative hips in Autumn (Fall), from which you can make all sorts of wondrous old-time things like Rosehip Jelly and Tea. That's after you've finished bottling up the Rosepetal Jam, of course! :-D Seriously, you have to watch these men with their machines, they have to be spoken to very firmly, in my experience. I once had a neighbour who offered to come round to my place with his chainsaw and cut everything - trees, shrubs, everything - down to four foot high. He said it would look much neater. Honestly, they have no idea at all! (No offence to all the lovely sensitive blokes out there) LOL :-)...See MoreRose Identification
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