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Hello! I live in Boston, Massachusetts, zone 7A. I have walked by this gorgeous rose bush many times on my way to the library, with tiny pink blooms that seem to fade to a lighter pink over time. Please help me figure out what the name of this looming rose bush is. It looks like a polyantha, and I thought it was the fairy, but the petals on this mystery rose are more pointed looking than The Fairy's. Thank you for anyone who can help!
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This rose was sold to me as Lagerfeld - at Home Depot or Lowes (can't remember which). It is clearly not. However, I love the fragrance and find it an attractive very vigorous rose. Anyone have ideas of what it could be?
Very strong old rose and myrrh fragrance
Vigorous grower, multiple blooms in each flowering, constant flowering
Matte, light green darkening to medium green leaves. Red Stamens.
I'm in zone 6b - heavy clay soil, full sun spot that gets afternoon shade after 4
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#1 of 3 posted
7 AUG by
 HubertG
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Could it be 'Fragrant Plum', another Christensen rose?
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It does look rather like Fragrant Plum, doesn't it! That's certainly a possibility.
Thanks for taking a guess :)
edited to add: or maybe Angel Face?
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#3 of 3 posted
7 AUG by
HubertG
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You're welcome. I think the red stamen filaments will be the key to eventually solving this, also knowing the roses typically sold where you bought it. I can't think of any other suggestions at the moment.
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Can you help me identify this rugosa? It is strongly fragrant, appears very disease resistant, and has beautiful ornamental rosehip that look like yellow cherries. It has single, carmine-pink blossoms in small clusters of 3 to 5. Growth habit is dense, compact, and rounded.
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'Celestial' has more petals than the roses shown, as does that other pink alba, 'Amelia'. The foliage does have the alba shape, rounded, tooothed oval leaflets, but not the flat, matte surface. I would be inclined to think the pictured rose is a Damask, or possibly the alba/Damask hybrid, Belle Amour. In my yard 'Belle Amour' shows a salmony undertone in the color, but the light in Orkney may be different.
It might be the Damask 'Celsiana', which is often confused with 'Celestial'. 'Celsiana' throws out canes upwards of 10-15', ought IMHO to be considered a rambler, but the prevailing wind in Orkney might retard growth somewhat.
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