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• Rosa carolina var. plena Marshall in Doris Lynes
• Rosa humilis f. plena syn.
• Rosa parviflora plena syn.
• R. pennsylvanica plena
• Rosa pennsylvanica subtaxon plena Marshall synonym
• Rosa pennsylvanica var. flore plena Rehder syn
• "The Golly Rose"

Also referenced as:  R. carolina plena,  R. humilis plena,  Rosier à petites fleurs,  R. pennsylvanica flore plena,  Double Pensylvanian Rose

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Medium pink Species.
Exhibition name: R. pennsylvanica plena

Species / Wild.  

Pink.  Warm pink fading to white.  Moderate, sweet fragrance.  Average diameter 1".  Double (17-25 petals), in small clusters bloom form.  Spring or summer flush with scattered later bloom.  

Short, well-branched.  5 to 7 leaflets.  
Height of 2' to 6' (60 to 185 cm).  

USDA zone 5b and warmer.  Can be used for specimen.  Very hardy.  Blooms tend to ball in wet weather.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  

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The new combination of Rosa carolina var plena (Marshall) Doris Lynes was published in Baileya, Vol. 3 (1955) and republished in the American Rose Annual. See References and Comments.