'Early Red' Rose

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'Early Red' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Rosaplant

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

12 favorite votes.

ARS:

Hybrid Spinosissima.

Origin:

Bred by Louis Lens (1924-2001) (Belgium, circa 1993).

Class:

Hybrid Spinosissima.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

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Notes:

According to the biography of Louis Lens ('Louis Lens, De elegantie en de roos' by Ivo Pauwels, ISBN 90-209-3919-X, (in dutch) p.82), this rose, which he sent to Mr. Lang at Sangerhausen never got commercialised. It was one of the results of a breeding program which involved rosa x involuta, which itself is described as being a seedling of r. spinosissima and r. tomentosa.
After 3 years, Mr. Lang contacted Louis Lens saying that this rose deserved at least a name. At that point he decided to call it 'Early Red', because it flowered much earlier than the other roses in this lineage.