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'Mary Rose ®' rose Description
 Photo courtesy of Stan V (Bearrose54)
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EXCELLENT- overall member rating.
ARS:
Medium pink Shrub. Registration name: AUSmaryExhibition name: Mary Rose ®
Class:
English Rose [David Austin], Shrub.
Bloom:
Pink. Mild fragrance. Cupped bloom form. Occasional repeat later in the season.
Habit:
Height of 4' to 5' (120 to 150 cm). Width of 3' to 5' (90 to 150 cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 10b. Shade tolerant. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant. Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) . Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).
Notes:
The Plant Science Dept. of the Nova Scotia Agriculture College evaluated 58 English Roses to assess their hardiness and disease-resistance. Mary Rose was found to be reasonably tolerant to blackspot.
Some differences of opinion about parentage, see References.
[From A Year of Roses, by Stephen Scanniello, pp. 146-147:] Tree roses, also called standard roses, are often displayed to their best advantage when planted in containers... Tree roses come in heights anywhere from two feet high (most common with miniature roses) to over six feet. There are two forms of standard roses available. One if the common form of a long stem supporting a bushy display of roses, sort of like a large lollipop. The other is a weeping standard, the only style I think worth using.
Tree roses are created by attaching three buds of a rose cultivar to a long straight stem of another rose. The most common stem stock to use is an unnamed rugosa rose variety. Other roses have been used for creating standards, but the rugosa seems to be the strongest, surviving the longest.
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