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'Alchymist' rose Description 
  
  
  
  Photo courtesy of JJJ
HMF Ratings: 
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EXCELLENT-.
 
ARS: Apricot or apricot blend Shrub.Exhibition name: Alchymist
 
Class: Climber, Large-Flowered Climber, Shrub.   
Bloom: Yellow, orange shading.  Strong fragrance.  40 petals.  Average diameter 3.5".  Large, very full (41+ petals), old-fashioned, quartered, rosette bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.   
Habit: Climbing.  
 Height: 6' to 20' (185 to 610cm).  Width: 6' to 8' (185 to 245cm).
 
Growing: USDA zone 4b through 9b.  Can be used for cut flower, garden, pillar or shrub.  Hardy.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant, susceptible to blackspot .   
Patents: Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind). 
Notes: Arena Rose Co. says Alchymist is a rose that deserves more attention in America... it has strongly scented, quartered blooms of amber and handles cold and heat equally...Wilhelm Kordes bred prior to 1950 a rose 'Golden Glow' x (R. canina  X R. pendulina) - see References.
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