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"Rose Chrissy" rose Description
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Photo courtesy of Patricia Routley
Origin:
Discovered by Eunice McDougall (Australia, before 2001).
Class:
Found Rose, Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Orange blend. [Orange, or yellow with orange-pink edges.].  Moderate fragrance.  Medium to large, double (17-25 petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Armed with thorns / prickles, upright.  Glossy, reddish-purple foliage.  

Height: 39" (100cm).  
Growing:
Disease susceptibility: susceptible to blackspot .  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
In Patricia Routley's garden, this rose sometimes has had very purple new foliage.

[A foundling rose given to Mostly Roses Nursery, Western Australia prior to 1997. In a special section of the 1997-1998 catalogue, the nursery wrote: "Rose Crissy". A lovely large flowered rose with reflexed petals. It is an "old world" looking rose, the colour of ripe oranges. Lovely fragrance. Medium

Possible i.d.:
Van Rossem’s Jubilee. 1937.
 
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