I'm saddened to say that I *think* I DID have those rose, but it's died.

Many years ago, my grandmother brought a rose home from the nearly woods. It was thornless, as this one seems to be, and bore single flowers that changed color as it aged. I can't recall whether it opened light and aged dark, or vice versa---probably opened dark and became lighter, as I seem to recall the buds being a dark pink. A couple of years ago I posted on the 'Name That Plant!' forum, but at the time I couldn't post a pic, and never got an ID.

It grew weaker and weaker, and last spring I tried moving it to a different locatin. I still hold out hopes it will repsrout this spring, but...it's a faint hope at best.

This rose was in my family for most of my lie, and I'll be 48 in less than two months. Really sad to think it's lost foreve.

Hey Ann - how interesting. Hope you find this one. Can you give a little more description of it? Like the approximate size, and the pics of the foliage look like it is probably thornless - do you know if that is true? And what color are the blooms? - The reason I ask is that I was thinking of asking some of the folks in our Newport office if they might be familiar with it. They are at times in some pretty remote areas and I thought if they don't already know it, they might keep an eye out for it starting in May.

Frances

We don't have a clue what color the blooms were! I will type out the formal description (when I find the file it's in...the old fashioned kind of file) but the only image seems to be the dried material.
From the look, it's low growing.
A fellow has come back on that thread and found something that suggests that the gov may think it's Rosa palustris, which is also described in the obtusiuscula paper- and not the same.
I've asked a friend to download his link- my computer just sputters on it.
I think the leaf shape might be important in the parentage of a really neat found rose.
And it was, for a while, a Tennessee rose.

Hi Ann...something is weird with the link, it just takes me to the main page of the HRF. The url shows it should be a discussion, but I can't get to it :P

John

The HRF website is no more. I'll try to reconstruct some of it from my other files.

The walk in the woods rose is possibly R. multiflora based on bloom time. Also the scent which is excellent.

I remember growing up, and I am 62 my grandmother having wild growing deep pink rose bushes with a strong perfume wonderful smell. I wish I knew where to get a start of that type.

S.Pope

How pink ? Like flordia cracker rose pink ?

Because my sister and her neighbor have a very deep pink wild type rose