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• "Balmain Rose"

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Discovered by Unknown Australian origin (Australia, before 1996).

Found Rose.  

White and pink.  5 petals.  Occasional repeat later in the season.  

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  

"Katie Pianto's Rose" found in South Australia may be the same cultivar as "Balmain Rose ROR" in New South Wales and in New Zealand.

SEEMINGLY IN WHICH GROUP Rambler / climber. Not a multiflora rambler.
ORIGINAL LOCATION First noted at Mrs. Pianto’s home at 146 Grant Ave, Toorak Gardens, S.A. 5065
OTHER KNOWN HISTORY May have been a seedling in Mrs. Pianto’s garden, or may have been given to her.
MAIN FLOWER COLOUR pale pink, whiter at the base of the bloom. Seems to fade pale.
INFLORESCENCE A panicle – (a branched inflorescence) See Willmott’s pxvii example.
BUD Unopened - long
BLOOM FORM single
BLOOM SEASON spring only. In full bloom in Western Australia's south west as at Nov 14, 2007. Last bloom picked Dec 27, 2007
(note – Ross Roses 2002 cat says “some repeat in autumn”.)
(Esmond Jones, March 7, 2005, said it had a “long bloom season.)
BLOOM SIZE without measuring, David Ruston’s seemed about 6.0cm wide in 2003.
My email Nov 11, 2003 says my flower was 8.5cm across.
BLOOM PETALS No. five
BLOOM PEDICEL stiff, smooth
BLOOM FRAGRANCE

BLOOM ANTHER
BLOOM FILAMENT white to cream.
= BLOOM STAMEN or male organ: Evident. Spreading wide.

BLOOM STIGMAS basically at the same height as the stamens. As the stamens are spreading, the pistil stands alone and is most obvious.
BLOOM STYLES
= BLOOM PISTIL or female organ: Evident. May be parted so therefore not synstylae.

HIP COLOUR green, as at the end of the first month of summer. Margaret's photo shows mature hips of orange-red.
HIP TEXTURE smooth
HIP SIZE 10mm tall x 8 mm wide. Or thereabouts.
HIP SHAPE wider at base, narrowing in below the still-green sepals. Krussman example ‘g’ is closest, but see Patricia’s and Margaret's pictures.
HIP CROP It seems that every bloom sets a hip.
SEPALS smooth. Almost entire, only tiny hair like folioles. Remaining horizontal while still green.
LEAF NUMBER Five to seven
LEAF COLOUR Mature: New:
LEAF TEXTURE OR SURFACE Smooth – over and under. Shiny
LEAF MARGIN Only tiny glands on the tips of the serrations
LEAF RACHIS A trough on the upper surface. Many small thorns under.
LEAF PETIOLES
STIPULE Not hairy. Tiny glands visible under a hand lens. Stipule edges tending to go back downwards over the leaf rachis.
AURICLES
PRICKLES
New prickle color
ORIGINAL BUSH Form: Height: Width: Grafted: Own roots:
David Ruston’s bush was the size of a large room. See photos
CANES New growth color: green
Mature cane surface:
DISEASE: None at all.
Does this cultivar remind you of any other? If so, which one, why, and why do you think it is not that other cultivar?
R. multiflora Cathayensis 1907 and 'Appleblossom' have been names suggested by some.