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    'Evelyn ™' rose Description
    'Evelyn ™ (shrub, Austin 1991)' rose photo
    Photo courtesy of bumblekim
    Availability:
    Commercially available
    Synonyms:
    • Apricot Parfait (shrub, Austin 1991)
    • AUSsaucer
    HMF Ratings:
    153 favorite votes.  
    Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
    ARS:
    Apricot or apricot blend Shrub.
    Registration name: AUSsaucer
    Origin:
    Bred by David C. H. Austin (1926-2018) (United Kingdom, before 1991).
    Introduced in United Kingdom by David Austin Roses Limited (UK) in 1991 as 'Evelyn'.
    Class:
    Shrub.   (Series: English Rose Collection)  
    Bloom:
    Apricot or apricot blend.  Strong fragrance.  80 to 100 petals.  Average diameter 3".  Medium, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped-to-flat, rosette bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
    Habit:
    Dark green foliage.  5 leaflets.  

    Height: 42" to 5' (105 to 150cm).  Width: 30" to 4' (75 to 120cm).
    Growing:
    USDA zone 5b through 10b.  
    Patents:
    Australia - Application No: 1995/148  on  1995   VIEW PBR PATENT
     
    European Union - Patent No: 327  on  2 Aug 1996
    Application No: 19950457  on  24 Jul 1995
    First commercialisation in EU: May 1, 1991; outside EU: 01/01/1993
    Expiry of protection on September 1, 2016.
     
    New Zealand - Patent No: 957  on  19 May 1995
     
    United States - Patent No: PP 8,680  on  12 Apr 1994   VIEW USPTO PATENT
    Application No: 07/954,962  on  30 Sep 1992
    Parentage:
    Graham Thomas × Tamora (shrub, Austin, 1983)
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