'Mrs. Foley-Hobbs' Rose

	Description		Photos		Lineage		Awards		References		Member Ratings		Member Comments		Member Journals		Cuttings		Gardens		Buy From

'Mrs. Foley-Hobbs' rose Description

My HMF:

HelpMeFind's future is in your hands - Please do not take this unique resource for granted.

Your support of HelpMeFind is urgently needed. HelpMeFind, like all websites, needs funding to survive. We have set a premium-membership yearly subscription amount as low as possible to make user-community funding viable.

We are grateful to the many members who have signed up so far, but the number of premium-membership members remains too small for us to sustain the current support and development level. If you value HelpMeFind and want to see it continue we need your support too.

Yearly membership is only $2.00 per month and adds a host of additional features, and numerous planned enhancements, to take full advantage of the power and convenience of HelpMeFind. Click here to start your premium membership..

We of course also welcome donations of any amount. Click here to make a donation. Donations of $24 or more receive a thank-you gift of a 1-year premium membership.

As far as we have come, we feel HelpMeFind is still in its infancy. With your support we have so much more to accomplish.

Photo courtesy of Maurizio Usai

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

HMF Ratings:

10 favorite votes.

ARS:

White, near white or white blend Tea.
Registration name: Mrs. Foley-Hobbs

Origin:

Bred by Alexander Dickson II (1857-1949) (United Kingdom, 1910).
Introduced in Australia by Arthur Yates & Co. Ltd. in 1911 as 'Mrs. Foley-Hobbs'.

Class:

Tea.

Bloom:

Cream to white, light pink outer petals, ages to light pink . Cream to white, occasionally greenish white. Has sometimes pink blush on the very edge of the petals. Moderate fragrance. Medium to large, very double, nodding or "weak neck" bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Armed with thorns / prickles. Holly-like foliage.

Height: 3' (90cm). Width: 2' (60cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Unknown

Notes:

From Reviews & Comments as well as comments to photos posted on HMF, the 'Mrs. Foley Hobbs' which was introduced to Australia from Sangerhausen has many prickles. 'Mrs. Dudley Cross' as sold in the USA has very little armature.

See the comments on the photos for convincing reports that roses sold in Europe as 'Mrs. Foley Hobbs' have smooth canes and are very vigorous growers, strongly suggesting that they are misidentified plants of 'Mrs. Dudley Cross.'