New and Unread Tree-Mails
| Bloom size: | Medium: 2-3" |
| Bloom shape: | Other: Cupped to flat |
| Petal count: | double: 16-25 petals |
| Rose bloom color: | Medium pink |
| Extra Bloom Info: | Medium to large, semi-double to double, in large clusters |
| Rebloom: | Excellent |
| Class: | Polyantha |
| Growth Habit: | Short, 2-3 feet, bushy |
| Fragrance: | Moderate |
| Hybridizer & year: | Mathias Leenders, 1919 |
| Optimal growing zones: | USDA zone 6 and warmer |
| 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) |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 6b -20.6 °C (-5 °F) to -17.8 °C (0 °F) |
| Plant Height: | 2-3 feet |
| Plant Spread: | 1-2 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: | Orleans Rose x (Comtesse du Cayla x Rosa foetida var. bicolor) |
| Child plants: | one child plant |
| Posted by Calif_Sue (Sebastopol, CA - Zone 9a) on Feb 11, 2013 3:38 PM Noted by Antique Rose Emporium: [ Reply to this comment | |
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| EuroDesert - Spotlighting on Polyanthas Plus an availability List! by Skiekitty | May 20, 2011 9:28 AM | 0 |
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