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'Linda Porter' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Eric Timewell
HMF Ratings:
22 favorite votes. Average rating:
EXCELLENT.
ARS:
Orange-pink, medium pink Hybrid Tea. Registration name: Linda Porter
Bloom:
Salmon-pink. Apricot filaments. Sets no hips. Strong fragrance. 46 to 58 petals. Average diameter 5.25". Very full (41+ petals), globular bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Ovoid buds.
Habit:
Bushy, upright, well-branched. Leathery foliage.
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 1,507 on 28 Aug 1956 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 543,044 on 26 Oct 1955
Notes:
See references for the dedication of both names. Linda Belle Lee Thomas (November 17, 1883 Louisville KY - May 20, 1954 New York City), American socialite, wife of musical theatre composer Cole Porter Miquel Aldrufeu i Gurgui, Chief gardener of Barcelona, professor at the School of Gardening, director of the gardens of the Universal Exposition in 1929
[Composer Cole Porter was born 9 June 1891. On 19 December 1919, he married Linda Thomas, who died in 1958. Porter himself died 15 October 1964.]
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