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all roses take to heavy pruning.. in fact.. it is usually required.. else.. wait for it.. they can fall over... pruning an otherwise healthy plant.. should never kill it...

ken

You will need to post photos, no one can identify your rose from just a description.

Ken, all roses do not take to heavy pruning. There are many roses that do not. Please stop this.

I agree, Sheila. Diane

Some roses *abhor* being pruned, and will die back from the point they are cut. Some teas (true teas, NOT hybrid teas), chinas, and even some close species hybrids resent anything but the lightest pruning. The "all roses take to heavy pruning...' should ONLY refer to modern hybrids, such as hybrid teas, floribundas, etc. Even some polyanthas resent heavy pruning, as they tend to produce the sprouts for their next flush just behind the current panicle.

But anyway...yes, we need a photo. Add it in a new comment, and make sure you let the photo fully load (it will go from faded, to sharp/clear) before you hit submit.

You must have been posting the photo as I was writing, lol

Yes, thank you, photo uploaded successfully. I am guessing that it is a floribunda as it has several flowers in clusters.

It could be Carefree Beauty which had a big following and was marketed heavily some few years ago. Today, it's rarely seen, although still available since it was aa featured rose in the Earth-Kind rose collection.

Moses

Thank you Moses. It certainly looks like it and the description seems to fit. I am trying to find out if it was ever available in UK, where I live.

Katrina,

Now that I know you are in England, I find it highly unlikely that it is Carefree Beauty. Carefree Beauty is a deeper even pink with few gradations. The blooms of CB are not as neatly presented as the rose in the photo's blooms areare.

The rose in you photo has neat petals in its center, but Carefree Beauty has contorted inner petaloids, a major distinction.

My guess is that your rose is the result of the efforts of an English rose breeder, of which there are quite a few.

MoseMosesMoseMoses. (gremlins at worhwork!)

Katrina, you can add you location toyour your name for futurereference. Theres something familiar about thisrose.... Im thinkingof a Harnkness rose.

It reminds me of Clair Matin because of the color and the clusters and the buds. It has some fragrance. Not sure on leaves. Clair Matin can grow taller than 4' . Blooms fade to a pale color.

It's not Clair Matin.

Stylistically, it reminds me of Kathleen Ferrier, so I'm thinking a 50's-60's floribunda.