'Prairie Peace' Rose

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'Prairie Peace' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Shelley H

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

29 favorite votes.

ARS:

Yellow blend Hybrid Spinosissima.

Origin:

Bred by Robert Mackay Erskine (Canada, circa 1975).

Class:

Hybrid Spinosissima, Shrub.

Bloom:

Yellow and salmon-pink, light pink blending. Strong fragrance. 25 petals. Semi-double to double, cupped bloom form. Spring or summer flush with scattered later bloom.

Habit:

Height: up to 10' (up to 305cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 2b and warmer. Very hardy.

Breeder's notes:

Erskine wrote to Percy Wright:

June 23. A rose seedling (Beauty of Leafland x Hazledean) has 3 beautiful pink and yellow double flowers open today. It is about the color of the Peace rose so I may call it "Prairie Peace".

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Ploidy:

Tetraploid

Parentage:

Beauty of Leafland × Hazeldean

Notes:

Chromosome count courtesy of David Zlesak: tetraploid.