'Bashful' Rose

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'Bashful' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Rosenschule Ruf

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Giesebrecht

HMF Ratings:

31 favorite votes.

ARS:

Pink blend Polyantha.
Registration name: Bashful
Exhibition name: Bashful

Origin:

Bred by Gerrit De Ruiter (Netherlands, before 1955).
Introduced in Germany by Willicher Baumschulen in 1955 as 'Giesebrecht'.
Introduced in United Kingdom by C. Gregory & Son Ltd. in 1955 as 'Bashful'.

Class:

Polyantha. (Series: Seven Dwarfs Series )

Bloom:

Pink blend, white center. Flowers reddish-pink, white eye. Small, single (4-8 petals), cluster-flowered, in large clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Compact.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for garden.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Robin Hood (hybrid musk, Pemberton, 1927) × Unnamed Seedling

Notes:

Disney's animated feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered 21 December 1937. One of the Seven Dwarfs, Bashful is known as: Pimpel in Germany; Blyger in Sweden; Blygen in Norway; Mammolo in Italy; Dengoso in Portugal; and Timide in France.