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I got A 'mystery rose' from Rogue Valley Roses last year. I'm wondering if I have an Etoile de Lyon. It's short and one bud takes awhile to open but stays open for over a week before starting to fade. It's the same color as shown on HMF. I realize it's early in the life of this own root, but I'm so curious as to what I might have.
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Leave some hips to develop and note whether they are glandular or smooth. Also photograph a just-opening bud and pedicel and show us on HelpMeFind. If you are able to buy the 2008 Australian book 'Tea Roses: Old Roses for Warm Gardens', that has an excellent page on how to distinguish 'Etoile de Lyon' - and many other teas.
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Patricia,
Thank you! I have that book. I will leave some hips (that's easy enough as it forms only one flower at a time). It's going to help me identify another rose I'm curious about also.
Mary
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Is this rose thornless?
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Mme Berkeley is not heavily armed but it has some prickles on most stems and quite a few on the backs of the leaves.
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