Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: Globular
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Medium pink
Rebloom: Good
Class: Hybrid tea
Extra Color Info: Medium pink, with silvery outer petals
Growth Habit: Medium, 3-4 feet, upright
Fragrance: Moderate
Hybridizer & year: Joseph Pernet-Ducher, 1890
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 7 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: 3-4 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 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: Madame de Tartas x Lady Mary Fitzwilliam
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Madame Caroline Testout'
  • 'Caroline Testout'

Common names
  • Hybrid Tea Rose
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: Manor Nursery, Angmering, England
Date: 06/04/2014
photo by Leonora (Ellie) Enking via Flickr: https://www.flickr.co
Location: Nakanoshima Rose Garden - Osaka (Japan)

Date: c. 1922
illustration of Roses 'Caroline Testout' (top) and 'Gruss an Tepl

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