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'Charles Darwin ®' rose Description
Photo courtesy of jeffcat
HMF Ratings:
52 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT-.
ARS:
Medium yellow Shrub. Registration name: AUSpeet
Class:
Shrub. English Rose Collection.
Bloom:
Yellow, buff shading. Moderate, opinions vary fragrance. up to 136 petals. Average diameter 2.75". Medium, very full (41+ petals), in small clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Rounded buds.
Habit:
Medium, bushy, thornless (or almost). Medium, semi-glossy, medium green, leathery foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.
Height of 39" to 42" (100 to 105 cm). Width of 3' (90 cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 10a. Can be used for cut flower, garden, landscape or shrub. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant. Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom. Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.
Patents:
Australia - Application No: 2004/132 on 2004 VIEW PBR PATENT Canada - Patent No: 3813 on 17 Mar 2010 Application No: 04-4095 on 9 Mar 2004 'Auspeet' originated from a cross between two unnamed seedlings, made at Bowling Green Lane, Albrighton, United Kingdom in 1991. Selection criteria included plant growth habit and repeated flowering. United States - Patent No: PP 13,992 on 22 Jul 2003 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 10/032,197 on 20 Dec 2001 Observations made from plants of six years of age grown in a garden environment at Albrighton, England, July, 1998
Notes:
Per the Australian patent: Controlled pollination: in 1992, seed parent unnamed seedling was crossed with pollen parent ‘Ausgold’. Therefore, Unnamed seedling X Golden Celebration.
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