I was given this rose in a bucket. Kept it for a year and planted it in February. Was I in for a huge surprise!! In the bucket, it was just a few limbs and never bloomed.
I've been told by many people that it is a "Seven Sisters", a "China Doll" and I'm really confused. Can someone help identify it for sure? Thanks.
Mimi
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I visited the site and the flower looks the same or similar, but this plant is way more than 30" tall and on many sites I looked at earlier, it said that China Doll is a "shrub" and good for hedges. What I have is more like a rambler and I looked at "Weeping" China Doll and even it is much smaller.
Thank you for responding and for your comments! I am more astounded by it every day---it is like the Energizer Bunny---just keeps going!
MsMimi
Thank you for responding and for your comments! I am more astounded by it every day---it is like the Energizer Bunny---just keeps going!
MsMimi
You might want to check some of the rose nurseries that specialize in the older roses and look under pink ramblers. I can't tell from the pictures if it's a floribunda or a polyantha. Looks like a poly to me, is it scented? It is just gorgeous.
Most of these older ones will do that, they can be just stunningly beautiful.
Most of these older ones will do that, they can be just stunningly beautiful.
not sure how correct I am, but my grandmother had those and said it was seven sisters. hers grew more like a vine than a bush...she let it run wild over the fence and anything else it would climb. my sister has one as well and it also has grown like crazy!! they actually grow wild down here in some areas, I have seen it at the river in several different locations. as I said, not sure if I am right, but thats what I have always known it as.
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s this was a hand me down, I'd go with that famous Southern hand me down, 'Seven Sisters'. That's how this rose gets around; has been for two hundred years...
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These guys might be near you (said the guy from the little state, where we all assume that if it is in-state we can drive there no problem...) It's in Brenham, TX.
HG