'Courier' Rose

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'Courier' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of billy teabag

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

12 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD+.

ARS:

Pink blend Hybrid Gigantea.
Registration name: Courier
Exhibition name: Courier

Origin:

Bred by Alister Clark (1864-1949) (Australia, before 1930).
Introduced in Australia by Brundrett's The Rose People in 1930 as 'Courier'.

Class:

Hybrid Gigantea.

Bloom:

Pink, white undertones. up to 26 petals. Average diameter 3.5". Large, very double, cluster-flowered bloom form. Once-blooming spring or summer.

Habit:

Climbing.
Height of up to 19' 8" (up to 600 cm). Width of up to 13' 1" (up to 400 cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Vigorous.

Parentage:

Rosa gigantea Collett ex Crépin × Archiduc Joseph

Notes:

The description "flowers in clusters" has been used with this rose.
A 1943 picture from Alister Clark's garden seems to be flowering singly, but it is indistinct.
The quoted pollen parent, 'Archiduc Joseph', needs substantiation.