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Can anybody please ID this rose?
We inherited this lovely rose climbing when we moved house, does anyone know the variety? The pictures show the flowers as being very pink, but there is also quite a strong peachy/orange/yellow colour to the petals too.
The scent is very sweet (it reminds me of the orange and yellow fruit salad sweets I used to get when I was little!)
Can anybody please help?
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Now that I've done a bit more googling, I'm not entirely convinced this is a climbing rose now. Could it be possible that this is a rugosa that has been allowed to grow straggly? It's about 8 foot tall. I really know absolutely nothing about roses so any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
The garden we have inherited is incredibly neglected, and I really would like to be able to save this lovely flower.
Apologies for sounding a bit dim
can we have a look at the leaves. They're quite distinctive in rugosa. The little bits I can see don't look like it
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thank you nutcutlet
no, not a rugosa but could still be an overgrown something. Rugosa leaves have a rough looking surface not shiny like that.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Rightio, I'll cross 'rugosa' off the list of suspects and keep investigating then! Thanks for your help.
Could be R. Complicata from the size and colour of those flowers. This can climb
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