Last year I dug up a huge old white climber and moved it. The root ball was HUGE. When I knocked some of the dirt off, there was a smaller rootball, completely separate, which I planted in a different loacation from the other. This year, both bloomed. The huge white climber looks to be a "Rambling Rector" but the other is very unusual and has me stumped. I had a couple of wonderful local Rosarians look at it, and they don't know what it is either... they suggested Ceclie Brunner Spray, or Bloomfield Abundance. But now that the flowers have completely opened, they look NOTHING like the pics I have seen of these roses.

Having talked with the previous owner of this place, I know the rose was here prior to 1946. It could have been here long before that, as the house was built in the 1870s.

Or... could it be a sport?

I have more pics to share via email. I look forward to hearing from everyone!

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