'Kodaikanal' Rose

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'Kodaikanal' rose Description

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Photo courtesy of John Hook

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Lady Jane Hooker ™

HMF Ratings:

2 favorite votes.

Origin:

Bred by M.S. Viraraghavan (India, before 2011).

Class:

Climber, Hybrid Gigantea, Species Cross.

Bloom:

White. Strong fragrance. up to 5 petals. Average diameter 3". Medium to large, large, single (4-8 petals), cluster-flowered bloom form.

Habit:

Tall. Medium, glossy, dark green foliage.

Height: up to 25' (up to 760cm).

Breeder's notes:

When we went to South Africa in 2001 we stayed at ‘Elgin’, the beautiful home and garden of Barbara and Peter Knox Shaw. They had a huge climbing plant of R. longicuspis x R.gigantea. We brought back seeds and sprouted them. One took well and grew, and we planted it in a corner of the garden near some pines, ‘shola’ (indigeneous trees) and erythrina indica trees. In a few years the plant had completely covered the trees which are about 30 feet high and when in bloom, an incredible sight of clusters of white blooms and a lovely fragrance wafting in the air.

In 2018, when it was in full bloom we had a visit by Lady Jane nee Hooker ( married name Lady Jane Barran ) ( she is a great niece of Sir J.D.Hooker, the very well known 19th century plant botanist and explorer) who had brought a group of 12 plant lovers to visit gardens in south India. Lady Jane fell in love with this plant, so we decided to name it for her.

Prickles: small, red colour, few in quantity

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

pan class="lnk small">R. longicuspis × Rosa odorata var. gigantea Rehder & Wilson

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