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'Pink Lustre' rose Description
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'Pink Lustre' rose photo
Photo courtesy of jedmar
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
7 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Light pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Pink Lustre
Exhibition name: Pink Lustre
Origin:
Bred by Hendrikus A. M Verschuren-Pechtold (1925-1981) (Netherlands, before 1956).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (Newark, NY) in 1957 as 'Pink Lustre'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1959 as 'Pink Lustre'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Light pink.  Strong, tea fragrance.  45 to 50 petals.  Average diameter 4.75".  Very large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, high-centered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Upright.  Glossy, dark green, leathery foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 1,641  on  24 Sep 1957   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 631,956  on  31 Dec 1956
Hendrikus Antonie Maria Verschuren, Haps, Netherlands, assignor to Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark.
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