@peteS .. Bonica has small very shiny foliage, I'm not seeing that on your rose, and the bloom isn't what I recognise. One needs to show a whole bush shot of a rose to be honest, a single bloom is rarely enough to go on. Sorry, I can't help further on that..
@cooldoc ..I'm glad you like Artemis, and that is definitely Artemis.. the scent is like aniseed I think..
David Austins are going to have some explaining to do with these wrong roses..
Can't keep up with this thread at the moment it goes so fast!! Especially as I'm organising a school concert on top of the usual work - barely having time to breath.
@Oliya - don't be too dissapointed. I imagine based on when they had to replace one of mine - if you ordered bareroot then they'll send another bareroot when it gets back to bareroot season again in Autumn/Winter.
At the end of the day you'll have had two for the price of one!
@AlliumPurpleSensation - my Rhapsody in Blue is supported on wires. However the tallest cane is going above the fence so must be getting towards 2m tall.
@Salvia It is exactly the same rose as mine! Although yours have many more buds… did both your “Elizabeth” turn out like this or just one? I've also bought a special pretty clay pot for mine… I’m going to retire my not-Elizabeth together with its pretty pot to the front garden - it’s very sunny and hot there and it doesn’t get regular watering, so it’s survival of the fittest there…
@cooldoc I was too rushed in my scent judgement. Although the bud smelt very nice, now that the flower has opened the sent has become light. But it is a very healthy rose, I didn’t have any health issues with it at all.
@Oliya Both my Elizabeth’s are like this. I’ve just received a reply from David Austin this evening. They say they sent Bring Me Sunshine by mistake,  but I’m not so sure. Like you, I think it might be Roald Dahl.  Anyway, apparently they (Elizabeth) are out of stock now, so it’s a case of waiting until the new bare root season or choosing something else from the potted range. I can’t help feeling very miffed. You wait so long, eager to see what it’s like, and then ….  It’s something completely different!  It’s a nice enough rose, but wasn’t the colour I wanted to go with other roses around and behind it, and a barrel that size isn’t easy to move. I don’t want to uproot the poor thing! I wonder how many other people got sent these roses by mistake?  I hope yours looks nice in its new position. Are you going to choose something else, or wait for autumn?
Edited to ask @Marlorena - do you think these are Bring Me Sunshines?
Well @cooldoc I'm still at a loss because the fragrance was completely different between the two. Blue Moon, a light old rose, and Twice an unusual medicinal scent. Rumwood are sending me two potted Twice in a Blue Moon to replace my present plants as neither are doing well, so hopefully they will have blooms I can smell to see if they are the same.
How did the leaves look? similar..? Scent perception differs from person to person.. mine had a strong old rose mixed with fruity scent.. for me medicinal would be more like the ones of 'Summer Romance'..
General question; Is Myrrh and Aniseed scent, same or similar??
@Oliya My BMS had a good scent.. try sniffing again after 10am or so.. once the temperature has picked up..
@Marlorena yes, some of the stems have the red thorns like yours but some just have multiple green ones. Either way, it’s definitely not what I would describe as nearly thornless rose
I’d be quite happy if it would turn out to be BMS. The colour of the only opening bloom is more of a pale apricot rather than yellow that people were describing but that maybe because it’s in a shaded location. I’m going to move it to the full sun and see how it does there.
I wonder if DA sent some people BMS instead of Elizabeth, then it means they’ve also sent some Elizabeth instead of BMS 🤔
@Salvia I am still waiting to hear back from DA. There’s nothing else really I want from DA at the moment and it’d be totally unfair to have to wait for another year to get Elizabeth…
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.. Bonica has small very shiny foliage, I'm not seeing that on your rose, and the bloom isn't what I recognise. One needs to show a whole bush shot of a rose to be honest, a single bloom is rarely enough to go on. Sorry, I can't help further on that..
@cooldoc
..I'm glad you like Artemis, and that is definitely Artemis.. the scent is like aniseed I think..
David Austins are going to have some explaining to do with these wrong roses..
@Oliya - don't be too dissapointed. I imagine based on when they had to replace one of mine - if you ordered bareroot then they'll send another bareroot when it gets back to bareroot season again in Autumn/Winter.
At the end of the day you'll have had two for the price of one!
@AlliumPurpleSensation - my Rhapsody in Blue is supported on wires. However the tallest cane is going above the fence so must be getting towards 2m tall.
@Pete.8 - I like your garland rose very much!
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The Generous Gardener this morning. (North Facing fence)
It is exactly the same rose as mine! Although yours have many more buds… did both your “Elizabeth” turn out like this or just one?
I've also bought a special pretty clay pot for mine…Â
I’m going to retire my not-Elizabeth together with its pretty pot to the front garden - it’s very sunny and hot there and it doesn’t get regular watering, so it’s survival of the fittest there…
@cooldoc
I was too rushed in my scent judgement. Although the bud smelt very nice, now that the flower has opened the sent has become light. But it is a very healthy rose, I didn’t have any health issues with it at all.
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Both my Elizabeth’s are like this. I’ve just received a reply from David Austin this evening. They say they sent Bring Me Sunshine by mistake,  but I’m not so sure. Like you, I think it might be Roald Dahl.  Anyway, apparently they (Elizabeth) are out of stock now, so it’s a case of waiting until the new bare root season or choosing something else from the potted range. I can’t help feeling very miffed. You wait so long, eager to see what it’s like, and then ….  It’s something completely different!  It’s a nice enough rose, but wasn’t the colour I wanted to go with other roses around and behind it, and a barrel that size isn’t easy to move. I don’t want to uproot the poor thing! I wonder how many other people got sent these roses by mistake?  I hope yours looks nice in its new position. Are you going to choose something else, or wait for autumn?
Edited to ask @Marlorena - do you think these are Bring Me Sunshines?
These yellow Austins all look the same I've almost given up trying to split them, but your rose doesn't look like the one I have..
Check the stems for thorns. Roald Dahl is virtually thornless, but BMS has lots of thorns like these..
Oliya's rose has lots of thorns like the above, so I don't think hers is 'Roald Dahl'..
Rumwood are sending me two potted Twice in a Blue Moon to replace my present plants as neither are doing well, so hopefully they will have blooms I can smell to see if they are the same.
General question; Is Myrrh and Aniseed scent, same or similar??
@Oliya My BMS had a good scent.. try sniffing again after 10am or so.. once the temperature has picked up..
yes, some of the stems have the red thorns like yours but some just have multiple green ones. Either way, it’s definitely not what I would describe as nearly thornless rose
I wonder if DA sent some people BMS instead of Elizabeth, then it means they’ve also sent some Elizabeth instead of BMS 🤔
@Salvia
I am still waiting to hear back from DA. There’s nothing else really I want from DA at the moment and it’d be totally unfair to have to wait for another year to get Elizabeth…