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'Roald Dahl' rose Description
'Roald Dahl' rose photo
Photo courtesy of The Rose Geek
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
21 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
Origin:
Bred by David C. H. Austin (1926-2018) (United Kingdom, 2008).
Introduced in United Kingdom by David Austin Roses Limited (UK) in 2016 as 'Roald Dahl'.
Introduced in Australia by Treloar Roses in 2021 as 'Roald Dahl'.
Introduced in South Africa by Ludwig's Roses in 2021 as 'Roald Dahl'.
Class:
Shrub.  
Bloom:
Peach.  Moderate, raspberry fragrance.  up to 55 petals.  Average diameter 2.5".  Medium, very full (41+ petals), in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Pointed, rounded buds.  
Habit:
Thornless (or almost).  Medium green, leathery foliage.  5 leaflets.  

Height: up to 47" (up to 120cm).  Width: up to 35" (up to 90cm).
Growing:
Disease susceptibility: blackspot resistant.  
Patents:
Australia - Patent  on  30 Jun 2020
Application No: 2020/091  on  15 May 2020   VIEW PBR PATENT
: In 2008 an unnamed seedling was selected to be the mother and an unnamed seedling was selected to be the father. The resulting seed was sown in January 2009, resulting in a number of seedlings. The best of these seedlings was then chosen for further trial and development. From this plant, in July 2009, 8 buds were taken and grafted (using the 'T'-budding method) onto Rosa Lexa rootstock outdoors. The following year, in 2010, the variety was considered good enough to be increased by grafting to 30 plants. Next year, in 2011, the increase was up to 200, and two years after that, in 2013, it was increased to 1,500. In 2015 the variety was increased by further budding to 5,000, sufficient budding for a commercial introduction in May 2016.
 
European Union - Application No: 2016/2362  on  29 Sep 2016
 
United Kingdom - Application No: 5/2133  on  28 Sep 2016
 
United States - Patent No: PP 29,927  on  4 Dec 2018   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 15/731,218  on  24 Apr 2017
Inventors: Austin; David J. C. (Wolverhampton, GB)
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of shrub rose plant named `AUSowlish`, which was originated from the cross-pollination of the two `unnamed` and unpatented seedlings of Rosa hybrida.
Parentage:
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Notes:
Roald Dahl (September 13, 1916 Lllandaff - November 23, 1990 Great Missenden), British author of Norwegian origin, published "James and the Giant Peach" in 1961.