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"Polly E. M. Blieschke Pink Granny" rose Description
Photo courtesy of Ozoldroser
Bloom:
Pink or light pink, lighter reverse. Strong, opinions vary fragrance. up to 40 petals. Average diameter 4.5". Semi-double to double, borne mostly solitary, flat to cupped, reflexed bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Pointed buds.
Habit:
Rounded, upright. Matte, light green foliage.
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
From a grandmother's farm in Melrose, South Australia. Estimated to have been growing prior to 1930. The original bush had been 5'. Conserved by the grandaughter as cutting-grown plants, but it is difficult to strike and plants have only achieved 3'6" after two years.
PETALS: recurve back on themselves in the manner of 'La France'. White streaks in the petaloids. Blooms drop petals suddenly. Newer flowers form with the two tone pink. FRAGRANCE: strong and sharp PEDICEL: lightly glandular. SEPALS: pedicellately glandular, ovate-acuminate, tiny folioles. FOLIAGE: light green, matt and orbicular, (rounded). PRICKLES: new - cream. Small, sharp, straight but with a downward angle. BUSH: green stems. Like a bourbon plant
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