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Sat, Jun 14, 14 at 14:21
| Growing along the side of the road is a rose I truly love. It has pink-white flowers open enoughnto easily see the yellow middle. They are semi-double. The flowers appear to be in groups of 2-6, and are maybe 3-4 inches across. What I especially love is the wild look of the canes: long, arching and thick. One plant seems to have grown into a tangle in a semi shaded culvert and has climbed up to six feet in a tree. The leaves are glossy, dark green and large. It blooms throughout the summer here in North Carolina, and appears to be vigorously healthy without sprays. The flowers have a mice fragrance. Would any of you have insight into this rose?? |
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| Ramblers have a great ability to survive in eastern zones 6-8 and make up a high proportion of "found" roses here. Somebody plants one in 1920 and it gallops a hundred feet, tip-rooting along the way, to take refuge from the mowing machines and weed-whackers in a ditch. I often walk past a huge tangle of 'Dorothy Perkins', very beautiful when in bloom. I've seen them in abandoned homesites deep in the national forest. Your rose appears to be of Wichurana heritage. I am stumped by the repeat bloom, as the old ramblers are once-bloomers. It may be a more recent rose classed as LCl. You should root some cuttings. |
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| If it blooms only once in the spring, then its probably 'Dr. W. van Fleet' and if it reblooms a couple times through the season, then its likely 'New Dawn'. I see them frequently along roadsides on abandoned/empty rural lots. |
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| Yeah, if it's fairly pink when opening, 'New Dawn' is a likely ID. I should have thought of that. |
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- Posted by phasedweasel none (My Page) on Sat, Jun 14, 14 at 16:57
| Thanks, this is really helpful. The Dawns look like excellent candidates, and I may put one in next spring. The info on the wild heritage roses is also fascinating. |
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| In agreement with New Dawn. Look for a tip rooted start (or a start where a cane has touched ground.) Or take a brick and help a long cane stay in contact with the ground through summer and early fall. |
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