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'Breeze Hill' rose Description
'Breeze Hill' rose photo
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Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
27 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Apricot or apricot blend Hybrid Wichurana.
Registration name: Breeze Hill
Origin:
Bred by Dr. Walter Van Fleet (United States, before 1918).
Introduced in United States by American Rose Society in 1926 as 'Breeze Hill'.
Class:
Hybrid Wichurana, Large-Flowered Climber.  
Bloom:
Salmon-pink, orange shading, buff shading, ages to cream .  Mild, apple fragrance.  50 to 60 petals.  Average diameter 3".  Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped bloom form.  Occasional repeat later in the season.  
Habit:
Armed with thorns / prickles, bushy, climbing, upright.  Medium, leathery foliage.  
Height of 12' to 19' 8" (365 to 600 cm).  Width of 12' (365 cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be grown as a shrub.  shade tolerant.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant, susceptible to blackspot .  Prune after flowering is finished.  
Notes:
'Breeze Hill' was named after the home of the eminent rosarian Dr. J. Horace McFarland in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

ARS class: HWich
 
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