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'May Rose' Description
'R. majalis foecundissima' rose photo
Photo courtesy of David Elliott
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
114 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Mauve or mauve blend Species.
Exhibition name: R. majalis
Origin:
Introduced in Australia by Camden Park in 1843 as 'R. cinnamomea'.
Class:
Species / Wild.  
Bloom:
Carmine-pink.  Mild, cinnamon fragrance.  Average diameter 2".  Medium, single (4-8 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.  
Habit:
Suckers on its own roots, upright.  Matte foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 6' to 6½' (185 to 200cm).  Width: 4' to 6½' (120 to 200cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 4a through 9b.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant, very blackspot resistant., very mildew resistant.  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Ploidy:
Diploid
Parentage:
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Notes:
Rosa majalis Herrmann (1762). Section Cinnamomeae.
[The Swedish Rose Society recommends Rosa majalis 'Foecundissima' and Rosa majalis for northern Sweden.]
Rosa olgae Chrshan. & Barbar. Roses. Phylogeny and systematics. Spontaneous species of the European parts of USSR, Crimea and Caucasus. Practice and prospects; 1958 361, f.59 1958.
Rosa cinnamomea L. (1753) is a SYNONYM for Rosa pendulina L.
 
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