Dr. Huey?

Dr. Huey @ HMF

Dr. Huey. Not just the flower, but the foliage screams Dr. Huey also.

Yes, I agree - the good doctor. Lakshmi S - as you probably already know (but just in case you do not), Dr. Huey is a once blooming (in the Spring only) rose which looks just like your pics, which is used extensively as "rootstock". Rose producers graft it onto another rose, so that the roots are Dr. Huey, but the rose above the ground is another rose (in this case, probably your missing 'Sunsprite"). This is done to make stronger roots so that the rose will grow faster, and also as a cheap way to multiply the number of a certain rose which is being produced.

What sometimes happens is that, for whatever reason, the top rose (called the "scion") is damaged, or frozen in winter, or whatever, and the strong roots start to put up their own canes, and take over the entire plant, and you end up with a bush of the the "rootstock" rose. This is why many people only purchase roses which are on their "own roots", unless there is a specific reason (such as a rare rose which has VERY weak roots) to get one grafted onto some other rose's roots.

In our climate here in No California, many many roses seem to have been grafted onto Dr. Huey roots (I can tell this because in my old neighborhood, you can see Dr. Huey blooming all around in old gardens, only in the Spring, and unfortunately covered with fungal diseases to which it is very susceptible here). Other roses were and can be used for rootstock, but Dr. Huey seems to like our climate a lot, and apparently is a very strong survivor around here.

The solution for you is to contact the seller, and explain what happened, and see if they will send you another Sunsprite, or find Sunsprite "on its own roots" from somewhere else.

Jackie

You echoed my thoughts Elf. I now wonder what rose it could be As I do Doctor Huey For it's flowers but not for much else!

Thank you for your responses. I had a hunch it was Dr.Huey. However, High country grows own root roses, that is why I was surprised when it pushed red blooms. I fell in love with sunspite at the Woodland park rose garden, Seattle. Fragrant and so cheerful.

Lakshmi, if your red rose flowers repeatedly through the summer, then it's not Dr. Huey. So, time will tell.

Thank you , will keep you all updated.

HCR sells own root roses exclusively. It's not Dr Huey.

It might be Skyrocket.

I looked up Skyrocket, and it might indeed. (Also near each other in the alphabet!).

Jackie

Is it thorny? I'll have to try and remember to Take a gander at mine since I grow it but it is on my back hill and difficult to get to. Maybe@ @nippstreesss @Nipstresspn-nnn ''''2n '2 @Nippwrw N nippstress will pipe in as she used to grow htis I believe.

@nippstress - zone 5 Nebraska

Skyrocket seems to form buds in bunches ( hybrid musk), this plant has singular buds. Maybe it needs to mature.