'Otago ®' Rose

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'Otago ®' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Tomartyr

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• MACnecta

HMF Ratings:

4 favorite votes.

ARS:

Orange or orange-red Miniature.
Registration name: MACnecta
Exhibition name: Otago ®

Origin:

Bred by Samuel Darragh (1932-2019) McGredy IV (1974).
Introduced in New Zealand by McGredy Roses International (New Zealand) in 1978 as 'Otago'.

Class:

Miniature.

Bloom:

Orange or orange-red. Strong fragrance. 35 petals. Double (17-25 petals), high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Height: 10" to 1' (25 to 30cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b and warmer. Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.

Breeder's notes:

Otago - Macnecta. Nicknamed Nectar

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Anytime × Minuetto

Notes:

Member Tomartyr writes: "Otago (pronounced oh-tah-goh, with emphasis on the middle syllable) is a large region in the southern part of New Zealand. It was a phonetic interpretation of the dialectical pronunciation by contemporary local Maori in the 1840s of the name of a prominent coastal settlement which, under standardised spelling, is now known on maps as Otakou."