The other mislabeled rose is a rare mislabel from Regan's. It was labeled Dark Desire and again that's patently not what it is.

I can often smell Neil Diamond - this doesn't have a scent to me - but that is a possibility. There's not enough yellow to be All American Magic and not enough red to be Avant Garde, sadly since I'd like either of those. I tried the rule of "near alphabetic neighbors" for mislabels, but they don't carry any striped "D" roses that I can see.

Thanks for the help! I'll contact Regan for a replacement of "not Dark Desire" though I like the rose whatever this is.

Cynthia

Ooh, I'd love it if Gypsy was it. I looked it up on hmf though and the petals seemed a bit more quilled than this one or at least a pointed tip on the petals. It looks plausible and the hmf pictures are mostly the kind of hot orange I see. Massive thick canes too with big thorns, if that helps

Thanks for chiming in Ben!

Cynthia

Good to know about Tractor Supply btw. These were the only body bags packed in pure sawdust with no hint of anything resembling soil. The others from places like Home Depot or even Walmart or Menards had much better packing material. I won't waste my time on the TSC bags in the future. At least I bought this early enough that I was able to get it potted before it withered from no care.

Cynthia

Could the striped rose be Parade Day? Is it hybrid tea in growth habit or floribunda....or too soon to tell? BTW, How has the progress on your new rose garden been going since the RRV attack and your courageous new beginning? Hope a joy unequaled!

Moses

Scentimental maybe? Regan has it.

Thanks for the additional ideas! As I recall, Parade Day is more pink with white stripes and this is white with red stripes. I have a Scentimental and this looks like it. I think I'll go with Gypsy and Scentimental as working names! I appreciate the help.

Moses, the garden recovery is rolling ahead at an exhausting pace. I couldn't plant any of the roses I bought last year so they had to overwinter in kiddie pools and get planted in early spring. All spring through now I've been planting roses madly that I've gotten this year, and I still have 5 kiddie pools of roses waiting planting. I refuse to admit how many roses I now have (!) but I'm back to having rose blooms from the bare root and potted and last year roses that are planted. They're blooming enough that some repair folks commented several times on my roses and the "landscaping". I'm very grateful for the rains we've had to counteract the 90+F temperatures we've been having so I can finish planting.

All in all, I'm back to "subsistence level" roses and returning to the joy of discovery that is rose gardening. Thank you so much for your encouragement!

Cynthia