Such a beautiful rose! Is this one of the roses growing near Mission San Juan Bautista? I really enjoyed the article you posted a couple months ago. I have visited a couple of times but I never knew about all the historical roses that grew there. It's such a shame that the roses were neglected for so long and that so many varieties have been lost, but it's so wonderful how you were able to save the remaining roses, some previously unknown! That's a pretty incredible feat, to be able to preserve a piece of history!

Have a nice evening,

damask_rose : )

Seeing all these specimens (the first one is incredible, how could they chop it up???) made me very sad about mine which seemed to be doing better for a while and is now almost completely eaten. I should have build a concrete bunker around it. However, it's heartening to know that you have it, Jeri, and also a few other fortunate people. It's much too beautiful to lose.

That's a truly sublime beauty!

Paul -- It really, really is. Studying it, it looks like it must be one of the roses linked to Smith's Yellow ... but WHAT? I've always wondered if perhaps it IS that.

What a beautiful rose! Thanks for sharing you images, Jeri. I'd love to grow this one someday.

Paul, it also makes a SAND STORM of pollen! I have planted self seeds of it but they don't germinate easily. So, its pollen is being used in pretty much any and everything in the yard.