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From what I've gathered so far, there's not much known about the origin of Darlow's Enigma. It's a found rose that I believe was first offered for sale by Heirloom Old Garden Roses. It looks somewhat like a wild rose, with it's clusters of small, single blooms. It repeats very well and is almost always covered with these blooms, even though I don't deadhead it. The images shown above and immediately below are oversized to show the abundant gold stamens, the bloom is normally about 1 to 1.5 inches across. These flowers emit a very strong, sweet fragrance that smells much like the multiflora species. Darlow's is a good hip setter, setting clusters of tiny hips.
The bush has grown very fast and I don't believe it has yet reached full size. It reached about five feet in height at about two years of age.
This own root plant is winter hardy, with some cane dieback in normal Colorado winters, and no dieback in the winter of 1997/1998.
