Gary, why don't you post photos that show just where the growth is coming from.

It's not rootstock if it comes from the graft or above.

On April 17, 2015, I posted "Please identify this rose (each bloom is 2" across)" and the responders said it is "Dr. Huey".

Gary, how old is your plant?

Here are some photos taken very recently, of a flourishing 'Dr. Huey' in an old cemetery. Use them to compare the foliage, buds, etc. with what you have.

Hi jerijen(Zone 10),

Your photos look very similar to my rose but your photos are much clearer than I can take right now. (It's very cloudy, cool and breezy here -- they've been forecasting a little rain since Wednesday but it hasn't even drizzled yet -- and I'm using a cheap-o "loaner" camera that doesn't focus well and burns through batteries in a day or two).

I bought a new camera in February but I haven't used it yet. And, since it didn't come with a USB cable, I couldn't access any photos anyway. It also didn't come with a user's manual, either.

I've ordered the user's manual and the USB cable which should be delivered on Monday. Hopefully, I'll be able to shoot some good photos to post in this forum then.

Meanwhile, Gary go look at the leaves on your plant, and see if they seem to match the shape and texture of this rose. If there are buds, see if they are a match for the ones shown in these photos. That will move things along.

I took these photos specifically for the purpose of assisting people with identification of probable Dr. Huey plants.

My leaves look like your leaves (same shape, color and serrated margins). But there are no buds right now.

BTW: It's lightly raining (aka sprinkling) here.

I think I had one surprise Dr Huey come from what I would have said was by the graft. But I think it was a small eye that did not get removed completely in the rootstock process. Usually my baby dr H come up from the roots and this one was just below the obvious graft

Here's another Dr. Huey which is trying to grow in a bed of my irises. Does that help any?

Tends to have longer rambling canes.

If nothing else, after it blooms in the spring, does it get a really bad case of blackspot? Dr. Huey is notorious for that.

Just dug it up today, in case you were wondering.

Kate

By the way, I assume you know that Dr. Huey only blooms once a season--in the spring. Why not let your rose just do its thing and report back about mid-summer and again in the fall on what is happening. If it re-bloomed, it is NOT Dr. Huey.

But maybe all this has been covered already in the previous post you mentioned.

Kate

No, I didn't know that Dr. Huey blooms only once a season--in the spring -- and no one mentioned that in my previous post. And I can't recall if my rose gets a really bad case of blackspot.

My garden is such a mess -- the soil needs to be improved, billions of weeds need to be pulled, roses need to be moved (the are too crowded) and I want to add 4" of bark mulch -- that I don't want to wait until summer and fall to see if the "Dr. Huey" re-blooms.

If only "Dr. Huey" remains, I'd rather know now so I can dispose of it instead of relocating it and disposing of it later (after I do all of the above work).

Please note that you can have Dr. Huey in your garden even when there is not a "scion" or top rose at all.This is because, if someone dug it up to get rid of it years ago, it can still come back from root bits. Very annoying rose. We just noticed another small bush of it (because it bloomed) in a place where it has been dug up and eradicated twice already in previous years. Dr. Huey is why I never plant roses which are not on their own roots - I think we will be digging it up for decades. When it is healthy, it is a lovely once blooming climber. However, for whatever reason around here it tends to be covered in PM all the time.

Jackie