ShellFleur, keep an eye on it and check for mildew on the leaves. Dorothy Perkins is a mildew magnet!

ShellFleur,

Does your rambler look like the pic of my rose that I asked about in the link below? Everyone says that 'Dorothy Perkins' has mildew problems but my rose has never had any mildew problems... so, I don't think, this being the case, that mine is 'Dorothy'. ;-)

Thanks & good luck,
Beth

Here is a link that might be useful: A Pic of My Rose

Cecilia, I have yet to see any mildew on this rose. It seems very healthy. No fungal diseases yet, no pests. Beth, thanks for the link to your picture. Yes, my rose does look like that. It also behaves the way you describe...no mildew, very little scent, light pink blooms. I really have no way of knowing how old this rose is either, except that it's obviously got a huge root system underneath and the canes i cut back were very, very long. I've only gotten a few blooms yet though it might bloom more of course, and it also might be reacting to the severe haircut it received last fall. One other thing about it...it produced a baby about a foot away from it. That rose is already getting sizeable. On that link in your other thread, it says that Dorothy Perkins roots very easily and often sparks other roses off of it. Maybe this is another clue that it is a Dorothy Perkins?

Take a look at the other pic I posted & see what you think. As soon as you get some pics of yours, I'd love to see them. ;-)

Here is a link that might be useful:

Beth, it's hard to tell. Remember that my rose was hacked way back last year and now looks like a bush gone wild. It has a million canes and vigorous growth, though few blooms at this point. Last week I put wires across the fence behind the rose and started to train the canes upward. Your rose does look like mine though...glossy, serrated foliage, smallish leaves and blooms...blooms are either the color in your pic or a lighter shade of pink.

Mine too is a very vigorous grower... it puts off a lot of shoots at the bottom as well as on the canes themselves. Would love to be able to ID it for sure. Mine tends to be from a very soft pink to a medium pink in color... it varies. I need to try & get a few close up shots of my vines, etc. Sure wish it was blooming now so that I could get a few more closeups of the blooms & get a petal count. Oh well, just have to wait another year on that! LOL

It looks just like my rose rambler too. The original plant was at a seaside cottage and it rambled over the fence(the original was ripped out and discarded for so called "progress". people from my home town area got cuttings from it for years and it now grows all over the place. I have only seen it growing on the south shore of Nova Scotia(except for my yard in the Annapolis Valley). It is an oldie. I remember it as a kid and I am 39 again for the 16th time! ;)) An antique rose dealer told me the name of it and it was a lady's name, but I forgot. the leaves are small too and palish green but glossy. it roots easily, no hips, pale pink that fades, small blooms, low scent, very hardy. when it blooms I'll post pics of mine.I would love to know its name too.