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'L. D. Braithwaite' rose Description
'L. D. Braithwaite' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Gerda Fritz's Garden
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
86 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD+.  
ARS:
Dark red Shrub.
Registration name: AUScrim
Exhibition name: Leonard Dudley Braithwaite ®
Origin:
Bred by David C. H. Austin (1926-2018) (United Kingdom, 1988).
Introduced in New Zealand by South Pacific Roses Ltd. in 2018 as '"Austin Crimson"'.
Class:
Shrub.   (Series: English Rose Collection)  
Bloom:
Dark red. [Crimson.]  Moderate, strong, old rose fragrance.  Very double, full (26-40 petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Upright.  

Height: 42" to 6' (105 to 185cm).  Width: 42" to 8' (105 to 245cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 10b.  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: 1993/104  on  1993   VIEW PBR PATENT
 
United States - Patent No: PP 8,154  on  23 Feb 1993   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 07/623,288  on  6 Dec 1990
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