Well, we know I had avoided Picante up to that point, Porkpie.
You know, the whole thing was a comedy of errors. Sue and I were buying roses at a lot of places that day. After a while, the names starting running together. One of the other roses I bought at Home Depot that day was Pinata, a nice orange and yellow climber that had fallen victim to the gophers here and had to be replaced. When we saw Picante a few minutes later, we misread the name and thought it was a non-climbing Pinata, which certainly sounded exciting. That's why I bought the rose. Later Sue and I realized it was not Pinata at all, but a solid orange rose that didn't look very exciting. I'm actually glad it turned out to be mislabeled, but I'd like to know its name.
Steve, focus on something paler. The colors of this one are never as vibrant as the colors of Bolivar and Rainbow Sorbet.
The only other bloom in my garden that looks like the mystery rose is Reveil Dijonnais, but I had so much trouble finding that one that I can't believe a Home Depot supplier is growing it. I bought it from Vintage and it promptly died. I bought it from Rogue Valley and it was mislabeled, as half of their roses are. I finally bought a viable one from Roses Unlimited, and even it has a paler bloom than the ones I see on HMF. Besides, the mystery rose has no tendency to climb. Here's my photo of Reveil Dijonnais on the left and the mystery rose on the right.
