'Jens Munk' Rose

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'Jens Munk' rose Description

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Photo courtesy of Regina's Reno Rose Garden

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

45 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

Medium pink Hybrid Rugosa.

Origin:

Bred by Dr. Felicitas Svejda (Canada, 1964).
Introduced in Canada by Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (Central Experimental Farm) in 1979 as 'Jens Munk'.

Class:

Hybrid Rugosa. (Series: Explorer Series Collection)

Bloom:

Pink, yellow stamens. Spice fragrance. 25 petals. Average diameter 3". Medium, double (17-25 petals), cluster-flowered, cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Armed with thorns / prickles, dense, upright. Small, medium green foliage.

Height: 4' to 6'7" (120 to 200cm). Width: 4' to 5' (120 to 150cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 2b through 8b. Very hardy. produces decorative hips. Disease susceptibility: disease resistant.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Ploidy:

Diploid

Parentage:

Schneezwerg × Fru Dagmar Hastrup

Notes:

Sets a few hips.

In September 1998, the Montreal Botanical Garden (Le Jardin Botanique de Montreal) carried out a survey of its roses' resistance to black spot, powdery mildew and rust. This is one of the outstanding varieties which showed a 0% to 5% infection rate. The data were taken on well-established roses.

The Swedish Rose Society recommends Jens Munk for northern Sweden.

Jens Munk was a Norwegian explorer born in the town of Arendal on June 3rd 1579 (thanks for the correction Brit W.) who reached Hudson Bay in 1619. However, out of his entire crew, only Munk, an older man, and a young boy managed to survive their first winter in the new land and miraculously sailed back to Denmark, reaching Copenhagen on Christmas Day 1620.

Sam Kedem says this rose blooms the most during cool weather.