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'Generosa' rose Description
'Generosa' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Marcir
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
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ARS:
Medium red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Mansuino Rose
Origin:
Bred by Quinto Mansuino (Italy, before 1963).
Introduced in United States by Carlton Rose Nurseries, Inc. Archive as 'Generosa'.
Class:
Hybrid Banksia, Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Coral-red, darker shading.  Moderate fragrance.  40 petals.  Medium to large, double (17-25 petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Glossy, light green foliage.  

Height: up to 47" (up to 120cm).  Width: up to 2' (up to 60cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  
Patents:
France - Patent No: P.V. n° 7.449  on  24 May 1965
Application  on  21 Aug 1964
Brevet d’invention P.V. n° 7.449, Alpes-Maritimes N°1.405.074. “Variété de rosier à fleurs et tiges de dimensions réduites, à corolles de couleur pourpre de Tyr avec tonalités rouge Spirée”
M. Quinto Mansuino résident en Italie
Classification: Rosa mansuiniana
Parents: Hybride mansuiniana “n° 103 C.G.” x Hybride mansuiniana “ 1896”
 
Italy - Application No: n°17.295/1963  on  23 Aug 1963
 
United States - Patent No: PP 2,577  on  7 Dec 1965   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Parentage:
Notes:
Roseto Botanico Carla Fineschi calls 'Epoca' a "Mansuinianae" and explains "From the name of the Italian Q. Mansuino who produced this class of rose deriving from Banksianae in the 1960's."