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'Spenser' rose Description
Photo courtesy of AmiRoses
HMF Ratings:
23 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT-.
ARS:
Light pink Hybrid Perpetual. Registration name: Spencer
Bloom:
Light pink, white reverse. None to mild fragrance. Large, very double, cupped, flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Upright.
Height of 4' to 5' (120 to 150 cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 4a through 5b. Blooms tend to ball in wet weather. Prune dead wood.
Notes:
In the American Rose Annual 1951, pp. 25-26, there's an article about Dr. Spencer S. Sulliger, "the Dean Hole of America". Dates: February 22, 1854 to April 15, 1935 (Tippecanoe, Ohio).
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