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'Alexandra Renaissance' rose Description
'Princess Alexandra (shrub, Olesen, 1998)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Beatrice Lukas
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
2 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Deep pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: POUldra
Exhibition name: Princess Alexandra
Origin:
Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1998). Bred by Mogens N. Olesen (Denmark, 1998).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S.
Class:
Hybrid Tea / Large-Flowered.  Renaissance® [Poulsen].  
Bloom:
Deep pink.  Strong fragrance.  Large, button-eye bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Height of 31" to 4' (80 to 120 cm).  Width of 4' (120 cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 7b and warmer.  Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 12,999  on  24 Sep 2002   VIEW USPTO PATENT

A new garden rose plant which has abundant, deep pink flowers and attractive foliage. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Inventors: Olesen; L Pernille (DK-3480 Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (DK-3480 Fredensborg, DK)
Notes:
Poulsen Roser ApS says the color of Alexandra Renaissance is deep, hot pink to purple...


Princess Alexandra of Denmark was born on 30 June 1964.