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| I have an old rose that my Great Grandmother planted. She was born in 1855 and died in 1944 so the rose has to be from that time frame. It grows to be about 6' tall and has multiple blooms once a year usually in the last week of June through the 1st week of July. I have posted this message on the Rose ID site and they suggested I post it here. The rose bush does have thorns and rose hips. I was able to get a few slips of this rose bush and the bush in the photos are of one of the "babies" of the mother plant. I got the slips in 2009. The mother plant is much bigger.
I have posted photos of my rose bush if anyone would like to see them they are on flicker. Here is a link to the photos. |
Here is a link that might be useful: flicker
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| I suspect that is 'Russelliana' or something closely related. Curiously, yours shows fewer petals than is typical, but that doesn't exclude the possible ID. See link: |
Here is a link that might be useful: Russelliana
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| Thank you so much for responding to my question about the identity of my old fashioned rose bush. I checked out the link you sent me and my rose bush certainly looks a lot like the "Russelliana" Rose Bush. Do "Russelliana" rose bushes have hips because mine does? I asked on "Garden Guides" if anyone could identify my old fashioned rose bush and a lady responded who said she thought it was a "Lady Penzanni" rose which was a "sweet briar" rose. She has worked with someone who had one. I tried to search for a "Lady Perzanni" but could only come up with one named "Lady Perzance" which has a single petal bloom. Mine has double petal blooms. Are "sweet briar" and "Russelliana" bushes the same thing? If not how can I tell which my bush could be. |
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| She probably meant Lady Penzance, but it has simple 5-petaled blooms, yours is not like it at all. |
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| I have had this rose in my garden for probably 30 years. It was given to me by an old woman who said it had belonged to her great-greatgrandmother and was probably 125 years old. It flowers heavily in spring and then again in the fall. It is a full bush of about 4.5 ft tall, in full sun, has thick glossy foliage, has never ever been sprayed for insects or fungus, and do not water it during summer. It is a cast iron plant! The petals are a rich pinkish color on the upper side and silvery on the undersides. What is it? |
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| I seem to remember reading somewhere that Russelliana's foliage smelled like pine trees. Can you detect a similar fragrance on your plant? Ingrid |
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