IMPOSTER ROSE

The idea is, at the front of my home, to have a long bed of glorious yellow Arthur Bell roses.  Unfortunately, I miscounted how many I would need when I first planted them and needed to buy another.  I bought another, except it had the wrong label on it and now it has flowered I see it is no Arthur Bell at all but an imposter.  What is so odd is that the buds look exactly the same as those of Arthur Bell - yellow with a tinge of orange.  What is rather wonderful is that, although the rose is the odd one out, it is an absolute beauty!   I might need to move it and put in an Arthur Bell in time but I won't be giving it away or throwing it away.  I wonder what its name really is.


Arthur Bell - 21 June 2012


Arthur Bell - 21 June 2012


Unknown rose - 21 June 2012


Unknown rose - 21 June 2012
The unknown rose reminds me very much of a rose I used to grow in a garden many years ago, called Just Joey but I know it isn't that one.



Just Joey