To my eye, the foliage looks more Wichurana than Sempervirens. But I'm not familiar first-hand with ramblers of either parentage, so take that with a grain of salt.

:-)

~Christopher

Thank you. It's so hard to say for certain.

I don't have pictures of the rest of the plant. It was blooming very high up on the telephone pole and I would have needed my big camera to get pictures. I don't recall the blossoms being as dark of a pink but maybe that has to do with the plant not receiving any care for years and years or perhaps I am just not remembering it correctly? I didn't get very many chances to take a good look.

I would love to get in there and clear away the brush and give it some attention. Sometimes people around here plant bushes where people died in wrecks so it could be someone's memorial rose.

I will post pictures if my cuttings survive and bloom next year.

Thank you for your reply. :)

I'll google that term, Christopher. Thanks

Honestly, the thing that is giving me pause is the crumpled kind of cabbage-y look ( for lack of a better way to describe it) to the blooms and how thorny it is. However, it's all relative and I don't have any experience - or not very much anyway.

I'll have to take a closer look at the leaves.

Maybe Adelaide D'Orleans? It says it's very thorny.