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'AUSbernard' rose Description
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HMF Ratings:
119 favorite votes. Average rating:
EXCELLENT.
ARS:
Dark red Shrub. Registration name: AUSbernard Exhibition name: Munstead Wood
Class:
Shrub. English Rose Collection.
Bloom:
Dark red. Strong, old rose fragrance. 70 to 75 petals. Average diameter 3.75". Medium, very full (41+ petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, globular, old-fashioned, reflexed bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Short, bushy, spreading. Medium, matte, medium green foliage. Height of up to 35" (up to 90 cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 11. Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower or garden. Vigorous.
Patents:
Australia - Application No: 2010/074 on 29 Oct 2010 VIEW PBR PATENT United Kingdom - Patent No: 8058 on 19 Mar 2009 AUSBERNARD (s) MUNSTEAD WOOD 19-MAR-09 8058 25 years
announced in ISSN 1755–912X
Plant varieties and seeds gazette
Special Edition of Plant Breeders’ Rights and the UK National Lists
Number 554, p C21 United States - Patent No: PP 19,876 on 31 Mar 2009 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 12/001,153 on 10 Dec 2007 This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of shrub rose plant named `AUSbernard`, which was originated by crossing two unnamed, unpatented varieties of Rosa hybrida.
Notes:
Munstead Wood is a house (1897) and garden (from 1883) built by Gertrude Jekyll in Busbridge, Goldalming, Surrey, until her death in 1932.
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