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"Ebenezer Cemetery Miniature China" rose Description
Photo courtesy of Give me caffeine
Class:
Found Rose, China / Bengale, Miniature.
Bloom:
Deep pink. Dark pink red, Close to RHS colour chart 727. Fades quickly. White nubs. Dark pink stamens. Cuneate emarginate petals. Stipules, linear narrow, divergent auricles. Leaf elliptical, one inch. Leaf surface: slight sheen, mid to dark green. Strong, raspberry fragrance. 43 petals. Average diameter 1.5". Double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Bushy, few or no prickles/thorns. 3 to 5 leaflets.
Height: 3' (90cm). Width: 3' (90cm).
Growing:
Drought resistant. heat tolerant. prefers full sun. Prune lightly or not at all.
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
A South Australian foundling.
"Ebenezer Cemetery Miniature China" on the grave of Oswald Arthur Hampel died 1905 at 9 months of age.
"Habermann Cemetery Miniature China" on the graves of:
1. Berthold Rolant Habermann, died April 22, 1886
2. the double grave of Carl Christian Adolph Julius Mengler, died August 6, 1905, aged 45 years and
3. Carl Friedrich Heinrich Christian Mengler, died July 1891, aged 37
Seems the same as “Oakington Ruby”.
Possibly ‘Gloire des Laurences’ 1830.
Consider also:
‘Knight's Exuberant’ before 1825’.
‘Red Elf’ 1949
Not 'Midget', 1941. The leaves of which appear to be too large.
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