This unidentified Rose is an unusual beauty! A slow growing Climber with a Mild Fragrance that blooms throughout Summer. In its most beautiful form it resembles a satin egg delicately placed on a spreading plate of satin white rose petals. It seems that most of the time the dense ball of petals that makes up the egg shape never opens and falls off, but sometimes it does open up in a dense ruffle of petals. It is possibly the Alba Odorata Rosa (1834) or Maria Leonida (1829). In which case they may open up more in a warmer climate.

The old gnarled climbing trunk grows from a Gold Rush era cemetery near Dobbins, CA. The trunk is about 9" diameter, draping over a headstone and climbing about 15' up into the nearest tree. There is another one growing in Downieville, CA.