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'Rosy Morn' rose Description
'Improved Cécile Brünner' rose photo
Photo courtesy of mashamcl
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
13 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Orange-pink Hybrid Gigantea.
Registration name: Improved Cécile Brünner
Origin:
Bred by Carl G. Duehrsen (United States, 1948).
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1948 as 'Improved Cécile Brünner'.
Class:
Floribunda, Hybrid Gigantea.  
Bloom:
Orange-pink.  Mild fragrance.  30 petals.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:

Height: 3' (90cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 851   VIEW USPTO PATENT
"It originated from a cross between Dainty Bess and the hybrid seedling Rosa gigantea, with Mme. Cecile Brunner as one of its earlier progenitors."
Notes:
According to the American Rose Annual 1950, on June 28, 1949, A US Patent for Improved Cecile Brunner was issued to Carl George Duehrsen, Montebello, California, and assigned to Howard & Smith.

Parentage changed from
Dainty Bess × Rosa gigantea Collett ex Crépin to
Dainty Bess x [Rosa gigantea Collett ex Crépin x Unknown] x Mlle. Cecile Brunner
to better reflect the parentage mentioned in the Patent. It may not be quite correct.