I don't know, but they are very beautiful. Hopefully someone helpful can be on soon and can point you in a better direction. Best of luck with everything.

I would say that #2 is F.J. Grootendorst.

@Magda (Ontario, USDA4/5) I was thinking the same thing, frilly smaller red blooms and the overenthusiastic thorns of a rugosa hybrid... probably F.J Grootendorst.

In agreement on grootendorst.

You might want to contact Claire Laberge in Montreal. She was in charge of roses at the Montreal Botanical Garden and was actively collecting and identifying roses in the area (as well as accumulating them in the gardening area inside the Botanical Garden that isn't open to the public. If she can't help you, she would know who, locally, could help.

The pink one with the button eye is really interesting.

#1 is a mystery. It has some curious traits that make me think Damask, and the foliage is Gallica/Alba in style. I wonder if it could be 'Konigen von Danemark' or something related?

#2 is 'Grootendorst'

#3 is 'Banshee'

#4 modern HT/Floribunda type, no idea about the variety

I'm squinting to see because the pictures are a bit fuzzy, but in the last photo of the first rose, the buds look a bit mossy to me. OP, are they mossy in your opinion? Or do the buds have a distinct smell when you rub them with your fingers?

#3 ...that's a lot more petals than Banshee gets in Tennessee and Virginia, but if history serves, it should prefer the longer amount of time it takes to set flower buds that much farther north. Buds in the first photo ...do they look kind of like acorns in profile?

Hi everyone,

Thank you for your quick responses and kind assistance! I apologize for the fuzzy photos; I wish I had had the time to take more. Those of us in the States all flew down to Montreal rather suddenly with the news, and all took turns keeping a 24/hr vigil over our beloved matriarch at the hospital, and then at her home when she was discharged for palliative care.

That said, I am thrilled that F.J Grootendorst has been identified--thank you @Magda (Ontario, USDA4/5) @Mischievous Magpie (CO 5b) @User @stillanntn6b! Ann, thank you for letting me know about Claire Laberge--I will find her contact info! @bart bart Eilleen, not impertinent at all--this would be a perfect solution, and would love to be able to do so! I forgot to mention in my post that I now live in Kansas, and would be unable to bring cuttings across the border. Other family members are not interested/do not have the space for these roses in their garden. @Alana8aSC thank you for your kind words, I hope so too!

As for rose #1, @Mischievous Magpie (CO 5b) yes, buds are mossy, and @stillanntn6b yes, they certainly did look like acorns. Another interesting feature of rose #1 is that it bloomed beautifully in part shade, if not full shade, in some spots. It is intertwined with a number of grapevines and invasive shrubs. I don't know if this feature is due to the extent to which it has been established in the area, the prized soil on the island (my husband remarked that he could see "the silica sparkling in the soil"), or the variety itself.

As for rose #3, I would say that the roses were already in full bloom by the time I arrived (June 3).

I will see if I have other photos. Thank you again!

My Banshee has many petals and balls in wet weather. It came from Hickory Hill Plantation in Hanover County, about 10 miles away.

Why try to move large, established roses when you can propagate them? Banshee should have produced some suckers you could move.

Lindsey

Hi all,

I added some new pictures for all three--hope they are of use. Again, I am indebted to your kindness and help!

#3 is definitely Banshee. For #1 I was thinking Queen of the Prairies but it seems too light. Maybe another hybrid setigera like Pride of Washington?

My 'Banshee' never opened and is now long gone, but I could see it had a lot of petals. It came from my grandmother's childhood home in far northern Maine. Banshee on its own roots will form a thicket over time. I admired it mostly because it is so darn tough.

Rose #1, if either an alba or a damask, should be very fragrant. If it is more gallica, probably less so (though I do love gallicas). In any caseit will also be a once bloomer, that is a period of bloom lasting for a month or possibly two, then be done until the next year. It would probably also root very easily if you are tempted to try. It would probably be well worth it.

Re the first rose: my own best guess, like Paul's, was 'Koenigin von Daenemark' (I didn't believe it, but couldn't come up with anything better). However, I was out in this morning and saw my KvD, and it has distinctly pointed leaves, not rounded like those in the photo. I didn't check for other points of similarity or difference.