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'Seedling 13-X039' rose Description 
  
  
  
  Photo courtesy of a_carl76
Bloom: Light pink.  Strong, old rose fragrance.  30 to 40 petals.  Average diameter 2".  Medium, full (26-40 petals), in small clusters, cupped-to-flat, quartered bloom form.  Prolific, once-blooming spring or summer.  Medium, rounded buds.   
Habit: Tall, arching, bushy, few or no prickles/thorns, well-branched.  Large, semi-glossy, medium green, edged purple-red, leathery foliage.  5 to 9 leaflets.  
 Height: 6' to 8' (185 to 245cm).  Width: 5' to 6' (150 to 185cm).
 
Growing: USDA zone 5a and warmer.  Can be used for garden, hedge, landscape, shrub or specimen.  Hardy.  vigorous.  can be grown as a shrub.  drought resistant.  shade tolerant.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant, blackspot resistant, mildew resistant.  Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood..  Needs little care; relatively disease-free and quite hardy.  Prune after flowering is finished.  Prune lightly until this rose gets established (about two years), then prune it back by about a third..  Remove unproductive wood every third year or so.   
Breeder's notes: One of five seedlings whose label went missing.  Based upon the thornless/almost thornless nature, structure of the leaves, and the crosses made that year I suspect the pollen parent may have been Simonet's Red Dawn X Suzanne.  These seedlings most likely have the same Seed parent and pollen parent - I really wish I knew because it is a superior rose.  Scent is very close to what the old rose ‘Banshee’ has but I don’t recall ever using it in breeding. 
Patents: Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind). 
Notes: First planted in the ground: July 2016.  First blooms in 2019.  Mature blooms in 2020. |