'AUSmum' Rose

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'AUSmum' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Judith C.

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Pat Austin ™

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Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

Orange or orange-red Shrub.
Registration name: AUSmum
Exhibition name: Pat Austin ™

Origin:

Bred by David C. H. Austin (1926-2018) (United Kingdom, before 1993).
Introduced in United Kingdom by David Austin Roses Limited (UK) in 1995.

Class:

Shrub. (Series: English Rose Collection)

Bloom:

Orange or orange-red. Moderate, tea fragrance. up to 50 petals. Average diameter 3.5". Medium to large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped, nodding or "weak neck" bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Long, pointed, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Upright, well-branched. Large foliage. 5 leaflets.

Height: 42" to 5' (105 to 150cm). Width: 42" (105cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for garden. Heat tolerant. Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) . Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).

Patents:

Australia - Application No: 1999/114 on 1999 VIEW PBR PATENT

Canada - Patent No: 0287 on 2 Dec 1996
Application No: 95-534 on 4 Nov 1994

Grant of Rights terminates on December 2, 2014

European Union - Patent No: 1543 on 16 Dec 1996
Application No: 19950467 on 24 Jul 1995

Holder: David Austin Roses Ltd. Denomination approved: AUSMUM.
First commercialistaion in EU: May 1, 1995.
Expiry of protection on 31/01/2021.

United States - Patent No: PP 9,527 on 30 Apr 1996 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/457,999 on 1 Jun 1995

Observations made from specimens grown in a garden/greenhouse environment at Albrighton, Wolverhampton, England in July, 1993.

Parentage:

Graham Thomas × Abraham Darby

Notes:

Named after the wife of the Breeder