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'Waxwing' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Jean Marion
HMF Ratings:
31 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT.
Class:
Shrub. (Series: Towne & Country ® Series)
Bloom:
Pink. Mild fragrance. Average diameter 3". Medium, very full (41+ petals), cluster-flowered, in large clusters, old-fashioned, quartered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Few or no prickles/thorns, spreading. Medium, glossy, medium green foliage.
Height: 18" to 3' (45 to 90cm). Width: 3' to 5' (90 to 150cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 4b through 10b. Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower, garden or ground cover. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.
Patents:
Canada - Patent No: 0557 on 7 Dec 1998 Application No: 96-7255 on 30 Jan 1996 Rights surrendered on December 1, 2004.
Denomination: 'POULma'
Trade name: Newport United States - Patent No: PP 9,261 on 29 Aug 1995 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 08/310,805 on 21 Sep 1994 Inventors: Olesen; Pernille (Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of rose plant of the shrub rose class which was originated by my crossing as seed and pollen parents two unnamed, unpatented, proprietary seedlings of our creation.
Notes:
Arena Rose Co.'s Catalog 2000 says Newport (aka 'Memory Bells', 'Waxwing') produces an abundance of old-fashioned blooms of medium pink... Parentage: Seedling x 'Rosenholm'...
Michael at Michael's Premier Roses describes this as an old garden rose look with 3-inch heavily petaled blooms...
The Roseraie at Bayfields says Waxwing is like a miniature 'English Miss' with clouds of little high-centered pink blooms...
According to Ludwigs Roses, Sean McCann was impressed with this rose when he saw it growing at their nursery and he suggested the name.
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