'Moonlight' Rose

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'Moonlight' rose Description

My HMF:

'Moonlight (hybrid musk, Pemberton, 1913)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of Rosenschule Ruf

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

40 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT.

ARS:

Light yellow Hybrid Musk.
Registration name: Moonlight

Origin:

Bred by Rev. Joseph Hardwick Pemberton (United Kingdom, 1913).
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in before 1921 as 'Moonlight'.

Class:

Hybrid Musk, Hybrid Tea, Shrub.

Bloom:

Cream, lemon-yellow shading, yellow stamens. Strong fragrance. Medium to large, single to semi-double, in small clusters bloom form. Occasional repeat later in the season.

Habit:

Bushy. Glossy, reddish-purple foliage.
Height of 4' to 8' (120 to 245 cm). Width of 8' to 12' (245 to 365 cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 10b. Vigorous.

Ploidy:

Diploid

Parentage:

Trier (Hybrid Multiflora, Lambert, 1904) × Sulphurea (tea, Paul, 1900)

Notes:

Bears small orange-red hips.
'Moonlight' in commerce is sometimes 'Trier', and vice versa.