'Queen Alexandra' Rose

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'Queen Alexandra' rose Description

My HMF:

'Queen Alexandra (hybrid multiflora, Veitch, 1901)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of Cà Berta

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

10 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium pink.
Registration name: Queen Alexandra (hybrid multiflora, Veitch, 1901)

Origin:

Bred by James Herbert Veitch (United Kingdom, 1901).
Introduced in Australia by C. H. Halstead in 1904 as 'Queen Alexandra'.

Class:

Hybrid Multiflora, Rambler.

Bloom:

Deep pink to salmon-pink, white center, white reverse. Small to medium, semi-double (9-16 petals), cluster-flowered, in large clusters bloom form. Once-blooming spring or summer.

Habit:

Climbing.

Height: up to 16'5" (up to 500cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Polyantha (Single Multiflora) × Crimson Rambler

Notes:

Different opinions on respective seed and pollen parents - see References.
Queen Alexandra wife of King Edward VII, was born on 1 December 1844 in Denmark. She died on 20 November 1921 at Sandringham House.