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Nope -- that's Ketchup and Mustard after a hot day with not enough H2O.

Just my opinion. It can vary quite a bit in petal count and size of bloom based on conditions.

Hmm. Glad to hear that it hasn't reverted to something else. These are new basals, and I didn't want to have to cut them off. It's been getting plenty of water from a drip hose until about a week ago when it started freezing. So it's not too hot, although I may have let it dry out recently.

A weather thing, not to worry. This will become less likely as the rose becomes more and more established.