'Coral Dawn' Rose

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'Coral Dawn' rose Description

My HMF:

'Coral Dawn (large flowered climber, Boerner 1952)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of Henrique Rodrigues Vivián

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

57 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

Medium pink Large-Flowered Climber.
Registration name: Coral Dawn (large flowered climber, Boerner 1952)

Origin:

Bred by Eugene S. Boerner (United States, 1952).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (Newark, NY) in 1952 as 'Coral Dawn'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1962 as 'Coral Dawn'.

Class:

Climber, Large-Flowered Climber.

Bloom:

Coral-pink, lighter edges, ages to rose-pink . Moderate fragrance. 30 to 35 petals. Average diameter 5". Very large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped, old-fashioned bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Ovoid buds.

Habit:

Tall, climbing. Glossy, dark green foliage.

Height: 8' to 12' (245 to 365cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 5b and warmer. Can be used for cut flower, garden or pillar. Vigorous.

Patents:

Germany - Patent No: 674241

trademark

United States - Patent No: PP 1,117 VIEW USPTO PATENT

Seed parent - Climbing seedling of New Dawn x an unnamed yellow hybrid tea variety
Pollen parent - An unnamed orange-red polyantha

Parentage:

seed:	seedling of New Dawn (large flowered climber, Dreer 1930) × Undisclosed
pollen:	Undisclosed

Notes:

For details about parentage, see References. See also 32-9201 for the possible pollen parent
Mentioned in the American Rose Annual 1952 as one of the New Roses of the World.

From the Internet: just thought you'd like to know that I live in Zone 3a and have had 'Coral Dawn' in my garden for 5 years with no problems. It dies back to the ground every winter and faithfully shows again in spring.