Software
Houzz Logo Print
lorilie_hall

Help me id this mystery rose

9 months ago

I lost the labels of a dozen band roses over winter & can not figure out what this one is.

it’s unscented (but it is young), puts out long canes -so likely climbs, & it repeats.

possible options:

coral dawn, awakening,

also- (fragrant possibles) aloha, pearly gates, colette, louise odier, baronne prevost



Comments (16)

  • 9 months ago

    Perhaps Alnwick Rose or Spirit of Freedom?

    Lorilie Hall thanked BenT (NorCal 9B Sunset 14)
  • 9 months ago

    Not Colette. Diane

    Lorilie Hall thanked Diane Brakefield
  • 9 months ago

    That’d be the luck of the ages if It was spirit of Freedom or the Alnwick rose. ive never seen these for sale, but want both.

    … it really looks like the alnwick rose.

    my guess is the 2 austin ausblush (Heritage/Roberta) i ordered are really alnwick. i forgot about those.

    thanks for your help!

  • 9 months ago

    Not Awakening or Aloha.

    Lorilie Hall thanked Vaporvac Z6-OhioRiverValley
  • 9 months ago

    Alnwick is very fragrant and upright.

    Lorilie Hall thanked Sheila z8a Rogue Valley OR
  • 9 months ago

    yeah it’s confusing. it’s does have long canes already- it was just a 4 inch cutting band last year. except for awakening, i only buy fragrant roses. - so i hope fragrance develops.

    the shape of the bloom is consistent. each one has had that shallow peony shape (no quartering, no swirl) and only alnwick fits that type. ive got wollerton old hall & jude the obscure and they are not even this cupped or flat. it’s a different rose.

  • 9 months ago

    Jude is definitely that cupped, only moreso, and we agree it's not Jude. Jude is my most cupped rose, in fact.

    Not Brother Cadfael, but he's definitely cupped.


    Lorilie Hall thanked Diane Brakefield
  • 9 months ago

    Do the blooms droop a bit? Maybe Eden?

    Lorilie Hall thanked callirhoe123
  • 9 months ago
    last modified: 9 months ago

    I don't think it is Louise Odier.

    Lorilie Hall thanked Eustace_Oxf_UK_9a
  • 9 months ago

    I’ve got Colette, Awakening, Baronne Prevost, and Earth Angel and I’m fairly confident in saying that what you have is none of these. It is beautiful though!

    Lorilie Hall thanked SD Shine -Z10a Bay Area
  • 8 months ago
    last modified: 8 months ago

    Thanks everyone for weighing in.

    i’ve got Jude & Earth Angel and it’s not these. EA is mostly bright white here. jude like WOH is peachy cream.

    it’s not nodding and has no white, so it’s not eden.

    of my unlabled bands, I’m back to coral dawn. though it’s not looking like a climber really now…

    it consistently gives shallow bowl -high petal count flowers that face straight up. a bit like scepter’d isle - tho it’s not shell pink. and never shows its eye. the color has deepened. (louise odier, b prevost )

    see newest photo. it’s just one year old and is blooming really well. finishing up a little spray with the next ready to go.

    no quartering either. and only one bloom gave some scent. seemed a greenish typical rose scent.


    of note: i have 2 bands planted there by it (my grow-out- and-see bed) that are coming up looking like dr. huey! so if I’m receiving huey cuttings by mistake… it could just be anything.

  • 7 months ago

    If it's not 'Alnwick Castle', I'd be very surprised.


    Compare mine (below) with the photos above.






    Lorilie Hall thanked noseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque)
  • 7 months ago

    Noseometer - I agree with you. I grew it at one time. Boy, those are amazing blooms!!

    Lorilie Hall thanked rosecanadian