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'Irene's Beauty' rose Description
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ARS:
Yellow blend Miniature.
Registration name: Irene's Beauty
Exhibition name: Irene's Beauty
Origin:
Bred by Betty Jolly (United States, 1999). Introduced in United States by Langenbach in 1998 as 'Irene's Beauty'.
Bloom:
Yellow blend. None / no fragrance. 25 petals. Average diameter 1.5". Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
Janet emailed the following which is a result of exploring the question: "Are 'Irene Watts' and 'Pink Gruss an Aachen' the same rose?". Apparently, Kim Rupert of the Huntingdon Gardens, conducted scientific tissue tests of the two roses and concluded they were the same. Then I interviewed Greg Lowery of Vintage Gardens who has sold 'Pink Gruss an Aachen' for many years and reported the results to the forums. He said that he was visiting the Montisfont gardens in England in the early 90s when he saw a bed of 'Pink Gruss an Aachen' mislabeled 'Irene Watts'. He spoke to the curator who agreed with him, however, the label was
never changed and not long after 'Pink Gruss an Aachen' began appearing in commerce in the USA mislabeled 'Irene Watts'. The source of these roses appears to have been the mislabeled bed at Montisfont. In the late 90s an article was published in the Royal National Rose Society's quarterly in which the curator of Montisfont, whom Greg had spoken to, set the record straight.
Greg believes that all the 'Irene Watts' roses being sold in the States are 'Pink Gruss an Aachen'. He says that he has never seen the true 'Irene Watts'. However, he has seen a picture in The Charm of Old Roses, by Nancy Steen, that he believes is 'Irene Watts'
because it does indeed look like a China rose. I believe he said that the book indicates Nancy Steen obtained it from New Zealand.
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