"Swan Hill Red" rose Description
Photo courtesy of Ozoldroser
Class:
Found Rose, Hybrid Perpetual.
Bloom:
Red or geranium-red, lighter reverse. Bristly or glandular pedicel. Moderate fragrance. Double (17-25 petals) bloom form.
Habit:
Armed with thorns / prickles. Light green foliage.
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
Possibly planted by Captain Olsen who captained the Murray River boat, Brewarrina 1903 and/or the Success in 1918.
The rose was growing in the Swan Hill, Victoria garden when his home was purchased in 1922 by Elizabeth Newell’s grandparents.
Suckers a little.
Long oval leaves
Sets round orange hips
Bush spindly on its own roots.
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