Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Bloom shape: Other: Pompon
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Orange pink
Extra Bloom Info: In clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Other: Hybrid gigantea
Extra Color Info: Orange-pink
Growth Habit: Short, 2-3 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Carl G. Duehrsen, 1948
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 6 and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 2-3 feet
Plant Spread: 3-4 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: Dainty Bess x Rosa gigantea
Child plants: one child plant

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Improved Cecile Brunner'
  • 'Rosy Morn 1948'

Common names
  • Rose
Also sold as:
  • Improved Cécile Brünner

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Date: c. 1954
photo from the 1954 catalog, Wayside Gardens, Mentor, Ohio
Location: San Jose Heritage Rose Garden
Date: 2007-10-29
Location: San Jose Heritage Rose Garden
Date: 2007-10-29
Location: San Jose Heritage Rose Garden
Date: 2007-10-29

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