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'Labrador Rose' Description
'<i>Rosa blanda</i> Aiton' rose photo
Photo courtesy of David Elliott
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
66 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Medium pink Species.
Exhibition name: R. blanda
Origin:
Discovered by James Gordon (United Kingdom, 1773).
Class:
Species / Wild.  
Bloom:
Rose-pink.  Strong fragrance.  Average diameter 2.25".  Medium, single (4-8 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.  
Habit:
Arching, bushy, thornless (or almost), well-branched.  Medium, matte, dark green, leathery foliage.  5 to 9 leaflets.  

Height: 4'11" to 8'2" (150 to 250cm).  Width: up to 4' (up to 120cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 3b and warmer.  Vigorous.  produces decorative hips.  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Ploidy:
Diploid
Parentage:
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Notes:
R. blanda Aiton (1789). Section Cinnamomeae. See also Rosa blanda f. blanda and Rosa fraxinifolia Lindl.
Hips are red and pear-shaped.
 
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