This is the very first photo I've managed to get of this rose, other times I was
too early or too late and they were either not ready or had finished. This
cutting was given to me quite a few years ago when visiting a rose friend
in Sydney... he had no idea what it was, had been given it by his cousin.
Now we have a photo, and often these roses were just referred to as "double pink" from
such and such.. and looking in my book on Scots roses the nearest drawing I
have is for Rosa pimpinellifolia,/R. spinosissima 'Fulgens"from Kinnaird.
It is a pretty little thing, quite low growing and the plant is thickening up into a pleasantly
shaped little bush with a heap of these colourful little blooms.