Is it really pink or is that just my monitor and old eyes?

Rosa multiflora is the host of the virus causing RRD--Rose Rosetta Disease. It is a small white rose. If yours is pink, you don't have a problem (unless it, too, has contracted the disease).

Your photo looks like Rosa eglanteria, a species rose which can grow wild. We have a particularly lovely thicket of it growing a few miles from me.

Here is a link that might be useful: Rosa eglanteria on HMF

I looks like R. carolina to me, or something like that. That would make it a real native rose, instead of a foreign introduction. Enjoy!

Yes, it is pink. Yay, I'm happy for good news! Thank you!!

Here is another pic that's not so "glowy"

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I'm glad it's really pink and something you'll enjoy instead having to deal with the problems that accompany multiflora. I think multiflora is a pretty plant and bloom, but I would not hesitate to pull it out if it showed up anywhere near my house.

Le-Ann, I'm so glad your rose turned out to be not a "bad" rose after all. Nothing to worry about now!

Ingrid

It could be a rose of the R. carolina - R. virginina complex, although those generally bloom a bit later in the season. Since these species will hybridize readily, it's hard to tell withoout seeing a live specimen.

In any event, it is not R. multiflora, so I would not worry about a virus.