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'Conrad Ferdinand Meyer' rose Description
'Conrad Ferdinand Meyer' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Helena Verghese Borg
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
82 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD+.  
ARS:
Light pink Hybrid Rugosa.
Registration name: Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
Origin:
Bred by Dr. Franz Hermann Müller (Germany, 1893).
Introduced in Switzerland by Otto Froebel in 1899 as 'Conrad Ferdinand Meyer'.
Introduced in Australia by George Brunning - St. Kilda Nurseries in 1903 as 'Conrad Ferdinand Meyer'.
Class:
Hybrid Rugosa, Shrub.  
Bloom:
Light pink, silver(y) shading.  Strong fragrance.  Average diameter 4.25".  Very large, very double, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Tall, armed with thorns / prickles, bushy, climbing.  Leathery foliage.  

Height: 6' to 10' (185 to 305cm).  Width: 5' to 8' (150 to 245cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for cut flower, garden, landscape or pillar.  Hardy.  very vigorous.  Disease susceptibility: susceptible to rust .  Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom.  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Ploidy:
Tetraploid
Notes:
Different parentages have been reported, including reversal of seed and pollen parents. See References
 
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