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Jacob-Makoy, Lambert
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Initial post 4 days ago by melegie
Hello! I live in Boston, Massachusetts, zone 7A. I have walked by this gorgeous rose bush many times on my way to the library, with tiny pink blooms that seem to fade to a lighter pink over time. Please help me figure out what the name of this looming rose bush is. It looks like a polyantha, and I thought it was the fairy, but the petals on this mystery rose are more pointed looking than The Fairy's. Thank you for anyone who can help!
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Reply #1 of 1 posted 4 days ago by Nastarana
Can you tell us about repeat bloom, if any? The picture looks like a rambler. Someone who knows the ramblers better than me might be able to ID the group of ramblers, Wicherana, multiflora for example, to which it might belong. There are two lost, almost certainly extinct, alas, Ayrshire ramblers from the early 20thC, which were bred in Boston, but what I could see of the leaves didn't look like an Ayrshire.
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