'Susan Louise' Rose

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'Susan Louise' rose Description

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Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

25 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT.

ARS:

Light pink Tea.
Registration name: Susan Louise

Origin:

Bred by Charles E. Adams (United States, 1929).

Class:

Hybrid Gigantea, Tea.

Bloom:

Light pink, darker reverse, ages to lighter . Mild fragrance. 15 to 16 petals. Average diameter 3.5". Medium-large, semi-double (9-16 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters bloom form. Prolific, blooms in flushes throughout the season. Large, long, pointed buds.

Habit:

Tall, climbing, few or no prickles/thorns, spreading, well-branched. Large, semi-glossy, medium green foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.

Height: 15' (455cm). Width: 5' to 20' (150 to 610cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for garden, landscape or shrub. Very vigorous. can be trained as a climber. prefers full sun. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant. Prune dead wood. Prune lightly or not at all. Resist the urge to prune this rose too heavily -- it doesn't like it!.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

seedling of Belle Portugaise (hybrid gigantea, Cayeux, 1903)

Notes:

Note: Susan Louise was reclassified as a Tea (from Shrub) in MR 12.
Susan Louise can be grown as very large shrub that does not require Support.