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'Woburn Abbey' rose Description
'Woburn Abbey' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Alana Strang
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
12 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Orange blend Floribunda.
Registration name: Woburn Abbey
Origin:
Bred by Alfred Cobley (United Kingdom, before 1958). Bred by George Sidey (United Kingdom, before 1958).
Introduced in United Kingdom by R Harkness & Co. Ltd. in 1962 as 'Woburn Abbey'.
Introduced in Australia by Better Roses (Australia) in 1963 as 'Woburn Abbey'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Orange, lighter reverse, yellow undertones.  Moderate, tea rose fragrance.  25 petals.  Average diameter 3.5".  Medium to large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, cupped, reflexed bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Medium, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Upright.  Dark green, leathery foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: up to 3' (up to 90cm).  Width: up to 2' (up to 60cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 2,319  on  26 Nov 1963   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 229,512  on  9 Oct 1962
Rose Plant Alfred Cobley, Earl Shilton, England, assignor to Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, N.Y., a corporation of New York.
...rose plant of the floribunda class, which was originated by me by crossing the floribunda variety known as "Masquerade" (U.S. Plant Patent No. 975) with the floribunda variety known as "Fashion" (U.S. Plant Patent Np. 789).
Notes:
Melville Nurseries says Woburn Abbey has double blooms of coppery orange to golden yellow...