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'Comte Bobrinsky' rose Description
Photo courtesy of jedmar
Class:
Hybrid Bourbon, Hybrid China, Hybrid Perpetual.
Bloom:
Carmine-red, pink reverse. Average diameter 3.5". Large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Glandular sepals, leafy sepals buds.
Habit:
Glossy foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
Sangerhausen describes the color of the blossom as carmine-pink-carmine-red.
Counts Bobrinsky or Bobrinskoy (Бобринские) are a Russian noble family descending from Catherine the Great's natural son by Count Grigory Orlov - Aleksey Grigorievich Bobrinsky (1762-1813). A description of his large collection of Roses is to be found in Annales de la Société centrale d'horticulture de France, May 1848, p. 204ff.
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