'Balduin' Rose

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'Balduin' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Rosenschule Ruf

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Baldwin (polyantha, De Ruiter, 1955)
• Sleepy

HMF Ratings:

33 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium pink Polyantha.
Registration name: Sleepy
Exhibition name: Sleepy

Origin:

Bred by Gerrit De Ruiter (Netherlands, before 1955).
Introduced in Germany by Willicher Baumschulen in 1955 as 'Balduin'.
Introduced in United Kingdom by C. Gregory & Son Ltd. in 1955 as 'Sleepy'.

Class:

Polyantha. (Series: Seven Dwarfs Series )

Bloom:

Pink. Small, double (17-25 petals), cluster-flowered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Short. Glossy foliage.

Height: 8" to 16" (20 to 40cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

seed:	Orange Triumph × Golden Rapture (hybrid tea, Kordes, 1933)
pollen:	Unnamed Seedling

Notes:

For clarification about parentage, see References.

Disney's animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered 21 December 1937. One of the Seven Dwarfs, Sleepy is known as: Schlafmutz in Germany; Trotter in Sweden; Sovnig in Norway; Pisolo in Italy; Soneca in Portugal; and Dormeur in France.