'Signora Piero Puricelli' Rose

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'Signora Piero Puricelli' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Hamanasu

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Signora
• Signora Puricelli

HMF Ratings:

16 favorite votes.

ARS:

Orange blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Signora
Exhibition name: Signora

Origin:

Bred by Domenico Aicardi (1878-1964) (Italy, before 1936).
Introduced in France by Marcel Robichon in 1936 as 'Signora Piero Puricelli'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1937 as 'Signora'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea, Pernetiana.

Bloom:

Orange - apricot, golden-yellow shading, salmon-pink outer petals. Quince fragrance. Strong fragrance. 27 to 35 petals. Large, very double, cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Long, pointed buds.

Habit:

Few or no prickles/thorns. Glossy foliage.

Height: 4' (120cm). Width: 4' (120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Disease susceptibility: susceptible to blackspot .

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 201 on 13 Oct 1936 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 67,981 on 9 Mar 1936

Domenico Aicardi, San Remo, Italy, assignor to
Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, N. Y.
Both parents were unnamed seedlings with seed ancestor Julien Potin and pollen ancestor Sensation.

Parentage:

seed:	Julien Potin × Sensation (hybrid tea, Hill 1922)
pollen:	Julien Potin × Sensation (hybrid tea, Hill 1922)

Notes:

Dedicated to Antonietta Tosi (d. 1939, Bodio Lomnago, Varese), daughter of Franco Tosi (April 21, 1850 Villa Cortese - November 25, 1898 Legnano), Italian industrialist. She married in 1910 Piero Puricelli (April 4, 1883 Milan - May 8, 1951 Milan), Count of Lomnago, Italian engineer, projected the Milano-lagi motorway and the Monza motodrome.

Rose Barni describes the colors of this rose as apricot-orange suffused with golden-yellow...
Arena Roses says the outer petals meld to magenta with age...