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    'Dusky Maiden' rose Description
    'Dusky Maiden (Floribunda, Grice, 1947)' rose photo
    Photo courtesy of Marina's Garden. Crawfordville, FL
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    Commercially available
    HMF Ratings:
    25 favorite votes.  
    Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
    ARS:
    Dark red Floribunda.
    Registration name: Dusky Maiden (Floribunda, Grice, 1947)
    Origin:
    Bred by Edward Burton Le Grice (1902-1977) (United Kingdom, 1945).
    Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1951 as 'Dusky Maiden'.
    Class:
    Floribunda, Polyantha.  
    Bloom:
    Crimson - scarlet, yellow stamens.  Strong fragrance.  Average diameter 3".  Medium, single (4-8 petals), in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
    Habit:
    Upright.  Dark green foliage.  

    Height: up to 2' (up to 60cm).  
    Growing:
    USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders or garden.  
    Patents:
    United States - Patent No: PP 2,210  on  8 Jan 1963   VIEW USPTO PATENT
    Parentage shown in patent application:
    Seed Parent: Else Poulsen
    Pollen Parent: Daily Mail Scented Rose x Etoile de Hollande
    Parentage:
    seed: Else Poulsen
    pollen: Daily Mail Scented Rose × Étoile de Hollande
    Notes:
    The parentage widely cited in References has the seed and pollen parents reversed from those shown in the U.S. Patent Application, which is the parentage shown here.