• "Sylvia Hannah's Dark Pink Tea" (New South Wales)

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Discovered by Unknown Australian origin (Australia).

Found Rose, Tea.  

Deep pink.  

The path that this rose took to be conserved appears to have been:
"Sylvia Hannah's Dark Pink Tea" (New South Wales)at site C 35, HRIAI Collection came from:
Molly Skennar-1; Dallwood family cuttings taken in 1927-2; Sylvia Hannah-3; Esmond Jones-4; Pat Toolan-5; David Ruston-5.
Nancy Rudgley also played a part in its conservation.

"Blackbutt Tea" (Queensland) at site B 65 HRIAI Collection came from:
The town of Blackbutt-1; Becker-2; Ruston-3.

Similarities to 'Mrs. B. R. Cant', but apparently not the same

BLOOM: Can double its petal count, can quarter
A pointel has sometimes appeared.
COLOUR: can be pale pink, mid pink and deep pink in heat.
RECEPTACLE: cup-shaped.
PEDICEL: glandular
FOLIAGE: New: brown red.
Elongated to rounded. Some undulations.
STIPULE. Appears to be glandular, see Billy's photo 153268
PRICKLES: New: yellow. Variable. Extend high up on stems.