Jill - Is there any way you can get a close-up picture of the blooms?

Laurie

No, it was on a garden tour, so I can't get there again. My digital camera isn't that good at closeups unless I use a tripod and timer delay.

I think it might be The Fairy, which is a Polyantha.

Here is a link that might be useful: The Fairy at Helpmefind.com

I'm afraid the flowers of this rose are much too tiny to be a poly. They're smaller than my pinkie-nail. More like a micro-mini.

I'll stand by The Fairy. It has small blooms. See if you can find one at a garden center or botanical garden or someone's garden nearby.

I know The Fairy, and both the plant and flowers are much larger than this rose- I'm talkin' TINY!

Jill, I strongly suspect you were looking at 'Blue Mist', one of Ralph Moore's early Miniatures. Masses of blooms on a Polyantha-like shrub. I will photograph mine for you in a minute.

Paul

Jill,
Here are some photos of my plant of 'Blue Mist'. The bush is about 18" tall and wide, and individual blooms are about 1/2 inch in diameter. The foliage is very multiflora influenced.

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Paul

Thanks for the suggestion, Paul, but I don't think so for several reasons. The color of Blue Mist is darker, and lacks the greenish outer petals. I think it also doesn't fade as much as the one I saw. The clusters on that one were so tightly packed, and surrounded by leaves, that it looked like you could cut off a cluster to use as a tussy-mussy for a little girl's tea-party. That's what I found so darling about it. I looked at all the minis at the Heritage yesterday, and didn't see one like it. I think it's something pretty rare, and may take me a long time to find another one. I guess I should have gotten up the nerve to ask for a cutting.

I know this is a long shot because it could be so many roses. This was the first rose that came to my head. An old popular small rose before the Fairy was Pink Rosette. At least before I heard of the Fairy. I did not do no hard searching for more photos but in HMF Kaye, has a photo. Gray has a photo but does not show the size of the new blooms tight.

Here is a link that might be useful: Our Kaye photo in HMF. Pink Rosette.

I see they have Pink Rosette at the Heritage, so I'll look at it next time I'm there. I found another picture of it and the form of the clusters looks about right, but it don't think the flowers of the rose I saw were big enough to have that many petals.