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'Étoile de Lyon' rose Description
'Étoile de Lyon (tea, Guillot, 1876)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of M.C. Castner
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
70 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Medium yellow Tea.
Origin:
Bred by Jean-Baptiste André (fils) Guillot (1827-1893) (France, 1876).
Introduced in France by Guillot/Roseraies Pierre Guillot in 1881 as 'Étoile de Lyon'.
Introduced in Australia by J. Scott & Son. in 1889 as 'Étoile de Lyon'.
Class:
Found Rose, Tea.  
Bloom:
Light yellow, darker center, ages to deep yellow .  Receptacle is usually a square cup shape. Pedicel is glandular.  Moderate, tea fragrance.  Large, very double, borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, scalloped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Short, armed with thorns / prickles, bushy.  Medium green foliage.  

Height: 2' to 6' (60 to 185cm).  Width: 5' (150cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for cut flower or garden.  Vigorous.  Prune dead wood.  Resist the urge to prune this rose too heavily -- it doesn't like it!.  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
Pierre Guillot states that 'Etoile de Lyon' is a descendant of 'Safrano'.- see References.
The San Jose Heritage Rose Garden identifies their 'Etoile de Lyon' as a Santa Cruz/Grant clone.
Refer comment of September 23, 2010 for identification of "Bermuda's Anna Olivier'.
 
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