Can you identify this rose?

Hi,
 
We live in Mount Eliza in Victoria. This old rose plant has seen better days but it produces the most beautiful scented blooms, which when cut do not shed their petals and last for ages indoors. The new shoots grow about 600mm straight up from the old wood and have a single bloom per stem. Even though the plant has seen better days it is still a prolific bloomer and as mentioned before they make perfect single stem cut flowers.
 
The reason I want to identify it is that we are going to have to move it soon due to renovations and I doubt this will be successful! I would really like to plant several of these as we love the perfume and the appearance.
 
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Any chance of putting up photos of the
bush
flower
leaves
canes...........?

Hi,
I tried to put the photos up but the board won't allow me to do this until I have been a member for 7 days! I guess I will just have to wait unless there is a way of inserting JPEG images directly into the message (?)

Coylum, I see what you mean about the flower. Lovely. I like that shade of pink, soft without that harsh lollipop colouring that some pinks have. Sorry can't help you with identification though. I'm sure there will be someone here who can help you though, a very knowledgeable group!

can anyone else see the photo?

I just right clicked on image icon Neptune and opened pic in a new tab.

silkyfizz wrote:I just right clicked on image icon Neptune and opened pic in a new tab.

tried that silky, but to no avail........ 

I'm didn't see it either - so I hit "quote" and it came up with the link

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(I'm using Firefox, btw)

Give this a try......
 
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PS: Out of curiosity, how do you improve the soil with all the rocks covering the soil....

My apologies to all concerning my inability to provide the images directly in the message! I don't understand the limitation of 7 days imposed by this forum.... Thank you neptune for posting the links!

I find scoria to be a very good mulch, it holds a large amount of water and does not acidify the soil, deplete the nitrogen or attract termite activity! I apply rose food on the surface and water it in.

coylum, did the rose come with the house or what era did the rose get planted, any background might help.

looks a bit like perfume passion. but it looks like several others

Dan, I am thinking older style, maybe around the 1980/1990 era

Coylum, Welcome to the forum. Not much these people don't know. Using scoria is new to me, but it looks great in the photos and I have taken on board you comments on it's merits. Sorry, can help with the rose ID, bu it's certainly lovely.

Looks a lot like 'Aquarius' I grow here.

roseman wrote:Dan, I am thinking older style, maybe around the 1980/1990 era

not really sure David , It was just a guess , I'm not very experienced when it comes to hybrid teas or flori, as you know I like my old roses . but it looks like a nice rose

roseman wrote:coylum, did the rose come with the house or what era did the rose get planted, any background might help.

My apologies for the delayed response but I have been away for a bit... As best I can determine the rose would have probably been planted around 1985. In its heyday it was obviously a very vigorous grower. It now needs TLC to keep it going but it still puts our long stems from the old wood and flowers right through the summer/autumn months

SueH wrote:Coylum, Welcome to the forum.  Not much these people don't know.  Using scoria is new to me, but it looks great in the photos and I have taken on board you comments on it's merits.  Sorry, can help with the rose ID, bu it's certainly lovely.

Thanks for the welcome... and yes, it is a lovely rose. I have been impressed with how well this west facing bed has thrived since I replaced the "normal" wood mulch with scoria. One other advantage is that the birds can't flick it all over the path!

Glad someone else has vandal birds! The blackbirds do make a mess. Anyway, back on track! I shall certainly try the scoria this year on certain beds. Thanks again.

and I have parrots who chew the buds off....FOR FUN.....Grrrrrrr!

Neptune, this is just a suggestion, but have you tried spraying the buds with Allum. My mother used to use this on her buds and the birds did seem to leave them alone!

had them there for the first time last year that I saw.....I thought it was the kids breaking them off during the night .........and I have no idea what Allum is....short for aluminium?....

Sorry, only one"L"! It is a mineral salt, double sulphate of aluminium and potassium. It has a bitter taste - not that I've tried it - but the birds aren't very keen!