'Nell Gwyn' Rose

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'Nell Gwyn' rose Description

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HMF Ratings:

6 favorite votes.

ARS:

Orange or orange-red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Nell Gwyn

Origin:

Discovered by Alfred Cobley (United Kingdom, 1968).
Introduced in United Kingdom by Blaby Rose Gardens in 1968 as 'Nell Gwyn'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Orange or orange-red. Strong fragrance. Globular bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

sport of Tzigane (hybrid tea, Meilland, 1951)

Notes:

Nell Gwyn (1650-1687): actress and mistress of Charles II. [From The National Portrait Gallery at http://www.npg.org.uk/2496.htm:] 'Pretty witty Nell', as Pepys called her, came to London as an orange-seller and rose to become one of the leading comic actresses of the day, and mistress to the King, Charles II. The playwright Dryden supplied her with a series of saucy, bustling parts, ideally suited to her talents. She had two sons by the King, the elder of whom was created Duke of St Albans, and she was said to have been remembered by Charles on his deathbed with the words 'Let not poor Nelly starve'.