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'Alexandra Renaissance' rose Description
'Princess Alexandra Renaissance' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Kjeld's Garden
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
65 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
Origin:
Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1988). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1988).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 1998 as 'Princess Alexandra'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea, Shrub.   (Series: Renaissance ® Collection)  
Bloom:
Deep pink to red.  Strong fragrance.  20 to 30 petals.  Average diameter 4".  Large, double (17-25 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, ruffled bloom form.  Prolific, blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy, upright.  Medium, glossy, dark green foliage.  

Height: 31" to 4' (80 to 120cm).  Width: 4' (120cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 7b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower or garden.  Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  
Patents:
Australia - Application No: 1999/373  on  1999   VIEW PBR PATENT
 
Canada - Patent No: 1166  on  17 May 2002
Application No: 98-1270  on  11 Mar 1998
Rights surrendered on June 7, 2011.
Denomination: 'POULdra'
Trade name: Alexandra Renaissance
 
United States - Patent No: PP 12,999  on  24 Sep 2002   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/270,178  on  15 Mar 1999
Inventors: Olesen; L Pernille (DK-3480 Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (DK-3480 Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of garden rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between `Margaret Merril` and unnamed seedling....`POULdra` was selected in the summer of 1988 by the inventors as a single plant from the aforementioned hybridization.
Notes:
Poulsen Roser ApS says the color of Alexandra Renaissance is deep, hot pink to purple...


Princess Alexandra of Denmark was born on 30 June 1964.