'Lorraine Lee' Rose

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'Lorraine Lee' rose Description

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Photo courtesy of Macarthur Park

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

31 favorite votes.

ARS:

Pink blend Tea.
Registration name: Lorraine Lee

Origin:

Bred by Alister Clark (1864-1949) (Australia, 1924).
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1924 as 'Lorraine Lee'.

Class:

Hybrid Gigantea, Tea.

Bloom:

Coral-pink. Moderate fragrance. Medium, semi-double to double, cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Bushy, upright. Dense foliage.

Height: 6'7" to 9'10" (200 to 300cm). Width: 6'7" (200cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Heat tolerant.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Ploidy:

Diploid

Parentage:

Jessie Clark × Capitaine Millet

Notes:

Walter Branchi says the blossoms of Lorraine Lee are an interesting mixture of apricot, pink, and terracotta... this rose would make a good hedge...

A correspondent from Australia writes: 'Lorraine Lee' is one Australia's favorite roses, flowering in the dead of winter, it brings much pleasure when the rest of the garden is asleep. A little suseptible to black spot but easily controlled with a Seasol spray.

Fran Cleland reports that 'Lorraine Lee' blooms almost all year long. In August (last month of winter in Australia) the Alister Clark Stakes, first group race of the year in thoroughbred racing and named for him, always got a garland of 'Lorraine Lee' roses.