I have Ghislaine and Cornelia. I would have said Ghislaine as my Cornelia is pinker than that. My daughter has both too. Ghislaine changes colour, we've found, depending on weather, time of year and soil. I bought Ghislaine to be a short climber but she wants to be a shrub, daughter's one is taller. Mine is on sandy Norfolk soil, daughter's is on rich clay in W France.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I'd like to say 'thank you' to everyone who put time and effort into my rose identification conundrum - very much appreciated. I'm sending two final pics, taken today in very dull conditions, just to qualify my belief that Unknown rose is not Ghislaine de Feligonde. The first pic *is* G de F, growing up my out-building wall; the second shows a close-up of a picked sprig of 'Unknown' hooked onto G de F - you can immediately see the colour difference. And, I think, a difference in bloom size. Another factor I hadn't previously noticed is that G de F seems to have 5 leaves per leaflet, and Unknown has 7. I shall keep researching!
No, definitely not... the 2nd pic with the creamy apricot is.. the pink rose would have to be researched.. some close ups of the open blooms further up would be good..
Oooo-er - an imposter then! I was given the 'G de F' *many* years ago by my Mum (who died in 1999), and who was an excellent gardener/plantswoman - and such a force of nature, I wouldn't have dared to argue with her! But clearly, that doesn't mean she was right *all* the time. So - 'Unknown' in the back yard *is* G de F and my former mystery rose turns out to be the one on the old mill (my outbuilding). So now my task is to identify that!!
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