Beautiful, Jeri. I have not seen it.

I'd never heard of it but of course looked it up on HMF, where most of the photos are yours, Jeri. It's also called Camellia Rose and I could see why, especially in the one picture there where the rose was more pink than red, with a tiny spider sitting on the bloom.

...not in person, @jerijen, but your photos are almost as good as the real thing!

I currently have 2 Chinas: China-Bourbon 'Hermosa' and a baby "Sherri Berglund's Pink China" rose. So far, both are doing well here in soggy PDX. I used to grow a few others and may branch our again now that Portland's summers are hotter, drier and longer.

'Five Yuan' is exquisite! I have a dear friend and neighbor who grew up in China, and she just lost her oldest son. I see that 'Five Yuan' is commercially available and am thinking of offering her this rose (or another China origin rose) as a memorial for her garden. I love that 'Five Yuan' came from a monastery near Lijiang and is also referred to as the 'Camellia Temple Rose'. (Yufeng Temple, I think?) It looks like Rose Petals sells 'Five Yuan', but do you happen to know of a west coast source?

Carol

I sure wish I did!!! I got it from Gregg Lowery.

Thank you, Jeri. I'm going to see what I can do to get one from FL. 🤞 Carol

Very beautiful.

Carol, what a beautiful and heart-warming gift that would be for your neighbor. I'm sure she would treasure your thoughtfulness.