Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Rose Identification?

This will be boring to everyone, except those interested in figuring out what kind of rose this is.  Feel free to ignore at your leisure!  ::grin::

(The information provided is based on this data sheet from Garden Web)

STUDY NAME: "Mamie's Rose"

BUDS: round and smooth, with pointed sepals.















BLOOM: vibrant pink, 80+ petals, looks a little like a hybrid perpetual in shape and density

FRAGRANCE: very fragrant, sweeter smelling than the "old fashioned" rose smell you find in potpourri and perfumes

BLOOM DISTRIBUTION: clustered

REPEAT BLOOM: blooms at least three times a year (in fact it has buds on it now, in October)

HIPS: few, dark brown


 


LEAVES: smooth, medium green and glossy, usually 5 leaflets, no spines, each leaf about 3" long

LEAFLETS: uniform and medium-spaced


 
STIPULE: light green, no striping












THORNS: many, straight, strong and light brown (I actually like to call them "wicked and evil" when pruning!)















CANES: Upright and straight, stout

GROWTH HABIT AND FORM: 5-6' high shrub, upright

VIGOR AND HEALTH: fast grower, susceptible to black spot

HISTORY:  Mt great-grandmother (late 1800s, it is guessed) moved the parent of these shrubs to Haleyville Alabama from Carrollton, Georgia.  About 60 years ago my grandmother moved them (or propagated offspring) from Haleyville to Collinsville, Alabama.  I transplanted these bushes to my house (about 40 miles away) two years ago.  They were growing in part shade in very rich, loamy soil in Collinsville, and had been untended for at least five years.  Before that they were very well cared for.

 (new growth in October!)



3 comments:

The Redneck Rosarian said...

What a beautiful rose you have in your family. To have had it in your family for so long is a treasure. I would think it is an early Hybrid Tea. I will check some books of mine and forward your posts to some of my local rosarian friends. They may also be able to help you find the name of this rose.

Zana said...

That would be wonderful - thank you so much! (And after peeking at your blog, it looks like we are only about 60 miles apart - so nice to hear from another Southern gardener!)

Unknown said...

Did you find out what this rose is called? I have one exactly the same in Australia, we found it in the old garden of the house my husbands great grandparents built.