Mystery hybrid tea

last year

I’m hoping someone can help me identify this mystery rose! It was labelled as Mr. Lincoln, but it’s been blooming pink with little fragrance for two years and I’m 99% sure it was mislabelled. Does anyone have ideas about who my mystery rose might be?

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Moses, Pitt PA, cold W & hot-humid S, z6

last year

I believe you have the hybrid tea, Paradise. It was bred by O.L. Weeks and introduced in 1975, making it 50 years old! Weeks was 63 years old then. What a beauty it is and it was a popular exhibition rose in those days, winning Queen frequently. It needs to be sprayed for black spot in hot humid summer climates, typical for most hybrid teas of its time. It's a lovely rose!

Moses.

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BenT (NorCal 9B Sunset 14)
last year
Looks like Neptune or Chariles de Gaulle, definitely not Mister Lincoln!
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nippstress - zone 5 Nebraska
last year
The dark pink edge makes me think Paradise.

Cynthia
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chaoticgardener
Original Author
last year
Thank you, this is all very helpful! was searching for ”pink hybrid tea roses” and feeling very overwhelmed trying to pick out what it was. This was my very first rose purchase last spring - it was a total impulse buy, but now I’m hooked! I have in fact noticed a tendsnch to blackspot, which makes sense given that I’m gardening in the southeast where it’s humid.
Moses, Pitt PA, cold W & hot-humid S, z6
last year
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Chaoticgardener,

I guessed that you were in the South East because of the pine straw mulch you use as seen in photos 3 & 4! Looks nice!

Moses.
susan9santabarbara
last year
My first thought on seeing only the pic was Paradise. I feel pretty sure about that!