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'Spenser' rose Description
'Spencer' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Johno
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
24 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Light pink Hybrid Perpetual.
Registration name: Spencer
Origin:
Discovered by William Paul (1822-1905) (United Kingdom, 1892).
Introduced in Australia by George Brunning - St. Kilda Nurseries in 1897 as 'Spenser'.
Class:
Hybrid Perpetual.  
Bloom:
Light pink, white reverse.  None to mild fragrance.  Large, very double, cupped, flat bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Upright.  

Height: 4' to 5' (120 to 150cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 4a through 5b.  Blooms tend to ball in wet weather.  Prune dead wood.  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
In the American Rose Annual 1951, pp. 25-26, there's an article about Dr. Spencer S. Sulliger, "the Dean Hole of America". Dates: February 22, 1854 to April 15, 1935 (Tippecanoe, Ohio).
 
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