'Sir Charles Darwin' Rose

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'Sir Charles Darwin' rose Description

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Availability:

Believed extinct or lost

HMF Ratings:

1 favorite vote.

Origin:

Bred by Thomas Johnson (1821-1907) (Australia, 1863).

Class:

Hybrid Perpetual.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Eugène Appert × Général Jacqueminot (hybrid perpetual, Roussel, 1853)

Notes:

The one reference does not distinguish which 'General Jacqueminot' was the pollen parent.
Général Jacqueminot (Hybrid China, Laffay, 1846) or
Général Jacqueminot (hybrid perpetual, Roussel, 1853)

While Charles Darwin was never knighted, the following website explains in part, why the breeder, Thomas Johnson, named his rose 'Sir Charles Darwin'.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090211200137AAjB8oD

Arise Sir Charles !