I have a similar rose in my garden but it doesn't begin with "S". I suspect mine is the grandiflora Gold Medal. It does look quite similar to yours, even the leaves, especially along the ribs, look the same.

My rose blooms either singly or in clusters. It has a slight scent with the yellow fading to buff as the flower matures (taking our Philippine heat into consideration). Tequila Sunrise is much more red and the yellow is not as bright.

I would post a picture of my rose with this reply but there doesn't seem to be any provision for posting a photo. (Don't know if this is the "Optional Link URL")

Angel
Cotabato, the Philippines

I looked at the pictures of Gold Medal on HMF, and I don't think that's it. Mine definitely has red edges, although you can't really see it in the picture. The red seems to fade as the bloom gets fully open. But when it is just opening, it is red on the edges, going to orange, then finally yellow in the center.

Thanks for the help, though. I appreciate you giving me a suggestion.

BTW, this forum give you the option to upload a photo after you hit the "preview message" button, when yours is the first post in a thread. That's how I did it, anyway. Apparently they don't allow photos in follow-up posts, but you can always put your photo on Photobucket or another image service and just give a link to it.

Thanks again!

J&P never sold TEQUILA SUNRISE. And that's definitely not TS. If you think it was a J&P rose... possibly SUNDANCE.

Beth, I think that's it - Sundance! I looked it up on HMF and it definitely looks like my rose. I often bought J&P's new roses, and HMF says they introduced it in 2004, which sounds about right. I'm sure you are right.

Thank you so much for clearing up the mystery! I am so happy I found GardenWeb and all the wonderful people here.

I bought some new copper markers this year that I think will work better than the old cheapie (aluminum? whatever it is that comes with it's own "permanent" marker) and I'm going to go out and put a new marker on it right away!