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'GRAbgtg' rose Description
Photo courtesy of koolami
HMF Ratings:
1 favorite vote.
Average rating:
GOOD.
Bloom:
Ruby-red, white streaks, stripes, flecks. Burgundy red with white stripes and flecks. Strong, damask, rose fragrance. up to 45 petals. Average diameter 3.25". Medium to large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Medium, upright, well-branched. Medium, glossy, dark green foliage. 7 leaflets.
Height: 3' to 42" (90 to 105cm). Width: 30" to 3' (75 to 90cm).
Growing:
Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, exhibition, garden or landscape. Very hardy. very vigorous. drought resistant. heat tolerant. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant, blackspot resistant, very mildew resistant, very rust resistant. Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that. Needs little care; relatively disease-free and quite hardy.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 33,543 on 12 Oct 2021 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 16/873,185 on 24 Feb 2020 Inventors: Gray; John Charles (Highfields, AU), Gray; Sylvia Elizabeth (Highfields, AU)
`GRAbgtg` is a seedling selection which resulted from the controlled cross-pollination of an unnamed Rosa hybrid female breeding line (not patented) and Rosa hybrid `GRAppl` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 26,364), the seed parent. .... During the spring of 2015, the female parent was emasculated and was manually pollinated with pollen from the male parent
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