Breeding stock only

• Charming Pink
• Seedling 13-X039

Bred by André Carl (United States, 2013).

Shrub.  

Light pink.  Strong, old rose fragrance.  30 to 40 petals.  Average diameter 2".  Medium, full (26-40 petals), in small clusters, cupped-to-flat, quartered bloom form.  Prolific, once-blooming spring or summer.  Medium, rounded buds.  

Tall, arching, bushy, few or no prickles/thorns, well-branched.  Large, semi-glossy, medium green, edged purple-red, leathery foliage.  5 to 9 leaflets.  

Height: 6' to 8' (185 to 245cm).  Width: 5' to 6' (150 to 185cm).

USDA zone 5a and warmer.  Can be used for garden, hedge, landscape, shrub or specimen.  Hardy.  vigorous.  can be grown as a shrub.  drought resistant.  shade tolerant.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant, blackspot resistant, mildew resistant.  Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood..  Needs little care; relatively disease-free and quite hardy.  Prune after flowering is finished.  Prune lightly until this rose gets established (about two years), then prune it back by about a third..  Remove unproductive wood every third year or so.  

One of five seedlings whose label went missing. Based upon the thornless/almost thornless nature, structure of the leaves, and the crosses made that year I suspect the pollen parent may have been Simonet's Red Dawn X Suzanne. These seedlings most likely have the same Seed parent and pollen parent - I really wish I knew because it is a superior rose. Scent is very close to what the old rose ‘Banshee’ has but I don’t recall ever using it in breeding.

First planted in the ground: July 2016. First blooms in 2019. Mature blooms in 2020.