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'Glamis Castle' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Gerda Fritz's Garden
HMF Ratings:
73 favorite votes.
Average rating:
GOOD+.
ARS:
White, near white or white blend Shrub. Registration name: AUSlevelExhibition name: Glamis Castle
Class:
Shrub. (Series: English Rose Collection)
Bloom:
White, cream shading. Moderate, myrrh, sweet fragrance. up to 120 petals. Average diameter 2.5". Medium, very full (41+ petals), in small clusters, cupped, globular, old-fashioned, ruffled bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Pointed, ovoid buds.
Habit:
Medium, armed with thorns / prickles, bushy. 7 leaflets.
Height: 3' to 4' (90 to 120cm). Width: 2' to 4' (60 to 120cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 10b. Can be used for cut flower or garden. Vigorous. shade tolerant. Disease susceptibility: susceptible to blackspot , susceptible to Mildew. Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) . Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).
Patents:
Australia - Application No: 1996/062 on 1996 VIEW PBR PATENT European Union - Patent No: 332 on 2 Aug 1996 Application No: 19950462 on 24 Jul 1995 First commercialisation in EU: May 1, 1992; outside EU: 01/01/1994
Expiry of protecton on June 1, 2017. United States - Patent No: PP 8,765 on 7 Jun 1994 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 08/039,946 on 29 Mar 1993 Observations made from specimens grown [in a] garden environment in Albrighton, Wolverhampton, England, in July, 1992.
Notes:
Named for the Scottish seat of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne -- a royal residence since 1372, the childhood home of HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, the birthplace of HRH The Princess Margaret, and the setting for Shakespeare's "Macbeth."
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