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[Oznell]

You veteran rose growers probably know about "Dr. Huey Rose".   We've had one for awhile, but didn't know its name!  We tend to be only casual gardeners, or gardeners by accident, although hubby is much more knowledgeable.

My husband took this photo in our yard, so I'd  be able to post here.  Meet our "Doctor Huey"!

For almost 20 years, we had a "Saratoga" rose, in a little round garden in the center of the backyard.  It was a lovely, white one.  It was always a bit delicate, and susceptible to beetles and the cold.  ( Our back yard faces north, and we've discovered it has a cold micro-climate.)

Sadly, it succumbed one year, but a deep red velvety climber rose appeared in its place.  Turned out, that the old strain "Dr. Huey",  was a hardy rose root stock, that other roses were customarily grafted onto, ( like our Saratoga), to help them flourish, I guess. 

I hated to see Saratoga go, but I like Dr. Huey too.  Has anybody else here have it "take the place" of old roses in their yard or around the neighborhood?  First introduced in the 1910's, they tend to appear in older, established neighborhoods.

They seem to have long "canes",  that like to grow horizontally.  

It only blooms once a year for a few weeks--  will hate to see it go! 

[Luv2Dnce]

Wow, you have a lot of knowledge about roses. I love them, they're my favorite flower.

[gtx]

@Oznell Beautiful. I have never heard of anything like it. It must be very hardy. It would look nice on a pretty arbor.

[spiderw]

What a stunning flower and such a beautiful color!!!!  I wish I had roses growing but do not.  I do have some peonies which are my favorite, day lilies.  I am not much of a gardener but I do love flowers and your story about the Dr. Huey Rose taking the place of the Saratoga rose is so interesting.  I guess nature is always amazing us with her gifts,  

[just bee]

@Oznell 

Oh, my goodness!  You've just solved a mystery!

This particular rose started showing up around the neighborhood several years ago.  Then, one day, I noticed it in my front rose garden.

Funny, I didn't plant that...

But it looked healthy and happy so I let it do whatever it wanted to do.  Like, take over.

Sadly, when our house burned, all the landscaping surrounding it had to be removed when they tore it down to rebuild.

I lost all the roses, including the Dr. Huey, and the area in front of the house became a patio.

But both the front and back yards were redone and we have plenty of other roses.  No visiting "Dr." yet...

[Oznell]

That's the thing, @Luv2Dnce --  I don't know much at all.  I just got curious, once this red one "magically" appeared, and tried to look it up.  Luckily, there was lots of info on it online.  So agree with you about roses-- they are mysterious and beautiful! 

@gtx ,  oh, good idea, you're right-- the way the Dr. Huey rose grows, it would look great climbing up an arbor...  maybe we should consider putting a trellis of some kind there.   Then could plant other climbers too...

@spiderw ,  peonies are so lush and gorgeous!  We have just a few, at the side of the house. Do you cut yours and bring any of them inside?  I'm a wee bit skittish about bringing ours in, since ants tend to want to hide in those voluminous petals, at least in ours.  But peonies are visually so romantic .... 

@just bee ,  I was hoping someone else would have seen or have experience of this jaunty medical 'interloper' too!  So sorry you lost your beautiful garden, like so much else, in that horrible fire.  But how great that you've planted more roses-- do you have a favorite?  I bet they grow well in sunny Albuquerque. 

[We rescue cats]

Still a beautiful rose with such a rich color!

I wonder if Dr. Huey was originally grafted onto Saratoga stock. 

[just bee]

@Oznell 

No favorite, although I do miss the Scentimental rose I lost after the fire.

Haven't replaced it.

And, yes, roses do remarkably well here in New Mexico.

I think it's because the plants that survive here in the high desert all have thorns, spines and pr_ckles. 

[spiderw]

Oznell!

I am always tempted to cut the peonies and bring them inside but I do not.  Aside from the ants, they do not last long so I admire them as they are!  I do have faux peonies that I bought at a store called Pier One which has closed.  I have the peonies in a glass vase you had recommended a few years ago!!!!!  I think the vase was from QVC.

[PA Mom-mom]

@Oznell  We had that happen with a Queen Elizabeth rose. We bought it for my daughter's birthday when she was pretty young, and it lasted many years. Then, one year it didn't make it. The root it was grafted to continued to grow. I never tried to find out what kind of rose it was. DH thought he successfully dug it out or cut it off, but it keeps coming back each year. Now, it's surrounded by other plants. Maybe we should move it and give it a chance.