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Mystery Rose

financegirl101Eq-LOyl0financegirl101Eq-LOyl0 Posts: 6
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So I bought a rose from tesco over a year ago for £2. It was labelled as a Paul's Scarlet Climber however today the first flower opened and either I've done something wrong in its care or its not the rose I thought it was. Can anyone help?

I should add its in a largeish planter with a David Austin Molineux and Roald Dahl shrub roses if there are any leaves in the pics that look different.

A pic of the first flower, some buds, the leaves and a new cane which has been growing like mad I assume for next years flowers to come through on.
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  • financegirl101Eq-LOyl0financegirl101Eq-LOyl0 Posts: 6
    I should add that we have a somewhat significant aphid population that started on this particular rose that we are currently battling with ladybirds, lacewings and hubby squishing everything he finds. It also seems to get blackspot easily compared to the others.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Do you mean that you are killing the ladybirds and lacewings?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • financegirl101Eq-LOyl0financegirl101Eq-LOyl0 Posts: 6
    Sorry I should've said squishing every aphid he finds! We check very carefully for lacewings first as they seem to disguise themselves as aphids to hunt.

    Every ladybird we find is precious too. I've bought them and the lacewings in to help the situation.

    It has improved but still a hefty infestation.
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    A simple case of mis-labelling methinks, nothing you have done wrong (or aphids) can change one rose into another 😊 Sorry, no idea what it is.
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • SueAtooSueAtoo Posts: 380
    Colour and shape of flower looks like English Miss.
    East Dorset, new (to me) rather neglected garden.
  • Cambridgerose12Cambridgerose12 Posts: 1,134
    Whatever it is, it's a lovely accident!
  • financegirl101Eq-LOyl0financegirl101Eq-LOyl0 Posts: 6
    Thank you for the responses.

    I must admit it is lovely and very elegant just not quite what I expected. And I am a little worried it might need a bit more sun than I'm offering it as it's in a shady spot.

    It's funny I bought this one as a test to see if I could keep a rose alive before I spent lots of money on the David Austin ones as I'm a very new gardener.

    I wonder if I see what tesco have in stock this year and see if they have it again with the right label 🤣
  • financegirl101Eq-LOyl0financegirl101Eq-LOyl0 Posts: 6
    It has opened out some more.

    It started out pinkish and now seems cream with yellow. Keeps changing lol.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    It might be iceberg.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Or Climbing Iceberg.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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