This mis-labeled rose is supposed to be graham thomas

21 years ago

Hello

I purchased this mislabeled rose at a box store (I no longer purchase roses unless they are tagged, I'm learning quickly). Anyway, I was anticipating having graham thomas, but I have some unknown, orange/peach/coral rose that is fairly vigorous and reblooms well. Blooms are large nearing 4-5 inches. It has cane hardiness in zone winters almost to the tips. I keep thinking that it may be america, but there is no scent and the color seems a bit off. I didn't cut down to the ground this year thinking it may be a climber. Other characteristics of note are that the canes tend to be reddish and slow to turn green coming out of dormancy. I am attaching a picture. Please excuse all the pollen that is making all of us miserable. If you have any opinions, I would love to hear them. I tried help me find, but have not had much luck indentifying this rose.

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johnreb_va7
21 years ago
Going by the photo, and your description of the bloom's colors and especially lack of fragrance, my guess is Montezuma.

Montezuma is a grandiflora-class rose, color is rated by ARS as "orange-pink," averaging 36 petals per bloom, blooms mostly singly in my yard - sometimes in low-number clusters, and tends to have long straight-ish canes reminiscent of a climber.

I generally am not interested in slight-scent roses. The few exceptions I've made to that rule are due to their having "spectacular-colored" blooms. (Moonstone, green-edged St. Patrick, etc.) That is the reason why I have 5 Montezuma bushes.

You might want to check some photos of Montezuma at HelpMeFind dotcom to help decide whether that's your mystery-rose. Caution: Montezuma's colors are hard to capture accurately with a camera - usually due to what photographers call "oversaturation."

http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?i=A4366&tab=10

(Or use the Link below.)

Regards,
JohnReb

Here is a link that might be useful: Montezuma photos at HelpMeFind dotcom
melva
21 years ago
Boy, they sure goofed on that one! No way is that GT!! I bought a rose once that was marked Sally Holmes, and it was a red single (Robin Hood) the nursery was called to tell them of the error...and they didn't care...
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summer_MA
Original Author
21 years ago
Thank you for your input. Montezuma really does seem like a good guess. Particularly since I have seen the pics and hardiness zones. The rose made it through a particularly cold winter with little damage. I actually like this rose and will seek another. Thanks again for your help.
brenhelms
21 years ago
I have a Montezuma and it's quickly becoming a favorite. This is a picture of its current growth and it has 16 blooms-easily my most prolific bloomer!

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I personally like the color-no wonder JohnReb has 5 of them-I'm wishing I had invested in a few more myself.

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