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'AUSufo' rose Description
'Comtes de Champagne' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Marina's Garden. Crawfordville, FL
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
59 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Yellow blend Shrub.
Registration name: AUSufo
Exhibition name: Comtes des Champagne
Origin:
Bred by David C. H. Austin (1926-2018) (United Kingdom, 1992).
Introduced in United Kingdom by David Austin Roses Limited (UK) in 2001.
Introduced in United States by David Austin Roses Limited (USA) in 2001 as 'Comtes des Champagne'.
Class:
Shrub.   (Series: English Rose Collection)  
Bloom:
Yellow blend.  Moderate, honey, musk, opinions vary fragrance.  12 to 16 petals.  Average diameter 2.75".  Medium, semi-double (9-16 petals), in small clusters, cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy.  Medium, semi-glossy, medium green foliage.  

Height: 47" (120cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for cut flower, garden, landscape or shrub.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant, very blackspot 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 - Patent No: AU3252P  on  19 Feb 2007
Application No: 2002/074  on  25 Mar 2002   VIEW PBR PATENT
in 1992 seed parent unnamed seedling was crossed with pollen parent ‘Austamora’. The seeds produced were sown Jan 1993 (Northern Hemisphere). From this seedling population, the best seedling was selected from which six buds were grafted to ‘Laxa’ rootstock. This seedling (to be known as ‘Ausufo’) was further trialled and in 1995 selected for multiplication. Bud grafting was conducted each year to produce approximately 5000 plants by 1999
First sold in UK in May 2001.
 
New Zealand - Patent  on  2002
 
United Kingdom - Patent  on  2001
Notes:
Named after Taittinger's finest champagne.

Source: Comte de Champagne