"Bishop's Lodge Precious Porcelain" rose Description
Photo courtesy of Margaret Furness
ARS:
Medium yellow Hybrid Tea.
Bloom:
Cream. Deep egg-yolk yellow bud. Primrose or lemon-yellow bud with the open bloom fading to cream in summer. Yellow filaments. Glandular pedicels. 5 petals. Single (4-8 petals) bloom form. Long buds.
Habit:
Armed with thorns / prickles.
Height: 4'11" to 5'11" (150 to 180cm). Width: up to 18" (up to 45cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
It's a single, 5-petalled HT; lemon-yellow but the open bloom fades to cream in summer. The buds are very long. Glandular pedicels. Large hips, retaining long calyces. Mostly low-growing but can reach 5' / 1.5m. Commercially available, from the Friends of Bishop's Lodge (courtesy of Margaret)
Buds are a deeper gold. New growth is red. Hips retain their calyxes. Early reference describe "egg shaped" hips; the HelpMeFind photo shows round hips.
'Irish Harmony' 1904 is a possibility but was said to have more claret than the foundling shows.
‘Bloomfield Dainty’ 1924 has been eliminated as the two-inch blooms are too small.
'Ulster Gem' 1916 has been eliminated as it was consistently said to be "yellow".
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