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'AUSvivid' rose Description
'Sir John Betjeman' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Trinity
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
26 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Medium pink Shrub.
Registration name: AUSvivid
Exhibition name: Sir John Betjeman
Origin:
Bred by David C. H. Austin (1926-2018) (United Kingdom, 2000).
Introduced in United Kingdom by David Austin Roses Limited (UK) in 2008 as 'Sir John Betjeman'.
Introduced in United States by David Austin Roses Limited (USA) in 2010 as 'Sir John Betjeman'.
Class:
Shrub.   (Series: English Rose Collection)  
Bloom:
Pink.  None / no, apple fragrance.  Average diameter 3".  Medium, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, rosette bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Small buds.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy.  Medium, semi-glossy, dark green, leathery foliage.  5 leaflets.  

Height: up to 39" (up to 100cm).  
Growing:
Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower or garden.  
Patents:
Australia - Patent No: AU5316P  on  1 Mar 2017
Application No: 2012/031  on  9 Feb 2012   VIEW PBR PATENT
In 2000 an unnamed seedling was selected to be the mother and an unnamed seedling was selected to be the father. The resulting seed was sown in January 2001, resulting in a number of seedlings. The best of these seedlings was then chosen for further trial and development. From this plant, in July 2001, 8 buds were taken and grafted (using the 'T'-budding method) onto Laxa root-stock outdoors. The following year, in 2002, the variety was considered good enough to be increased by grafting to 30 plants. These plants were observed in 2003 and in the following year, in 2004, the increase was up to 200, and two years after that, in 2006, it was increased to 1,500 and up to 5,000 in 2007, sufficient for budding for a commercial introduction into the UK in 2008. Breeder: David Austin Roses Limited, Wolverhampton, UK.
 
New Zealand - Patent No: 31125  on  23 Jul 2014
Application No: ROS996  on  12 Dec 2012
 
United States - Patent No: PP 20,941  on  20 Apr 2010   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 12/381,394  on  11 Mar 2009
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of shrub rose plant named `AUSvivid`, which was originated by crossing two unnamed, unpatented varieties of Rosa hybrida.
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