'Rostock' Rose

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'Rostock' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Calif Sue

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

15 favorite votes.

ARS:

Light pink Hybrid Musk.
Registration name: Rostock

Origin:

Bred by Wilhelm J.H. Kordes II (1891-1976) (Germany, 1937).
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1939 as 'Rostock'.

Class:

Hybrid Musk.

Bloom:

Apricot and salmon-pink, yellow undertones. Mild fragrance. Double (17-25 petals), in large clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Bushy, well-branched.

Height: up to 4' (up to 120cm). Width: up to 6' (up to 185cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 10b. Can be used for garden, landscape, shrub or specimen. Prune lightly or not at all. Resist the urge to prune this rose too heavily -- it doesn't like it!.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Eva (Hybrid Musk, Kordes, 1933) × Louise Catherine Breslau

Notes:

Subject to dieback. Avoid pruning.