'Pink Lustre' Rose

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'Pink Lustre' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of jedmar

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

7 favorite votes.

ARS:

Light pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Pink Lustre
Exhibition name: Pink Lustre

Origin:

Bred by Hendrikus A. M Verschuren-Pechtold (1925-1981) (Netherlands, before 1956).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (Newark, NY) in 1957 as 'Pink Lustre'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1959 as 'Pink Lustre'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Light pink. Strong, tea fragrance. 45 to 50 petals. Average diameter 4.75". Very large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Ovoid buds.

Habit:

Upright. Glossy, dark green, leathery foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 1,641 on 24 Sep 1957 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 631,956 on 31 Dec 1956

Hendrikus Antonie Maria Verschuren, Haps, Netherlands, assignor to Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark.

Parentage:

Peace (hybrid tea, Meilland 1935) × Dame Edith Helen (hybrid tea, Dickson 1925)

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