'Rod Stillman' Rose

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'Rod Stillman' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Kevin Hughes' Garden

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

25 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD+.

ARS:

Light pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Rod Stillman
Exhibition name: Rod Stillman

Origin:

Bred by R.T. Hamilton (1901-1994) (Australia, 1946).
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1949 as 'Rod Stillman'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Light pink. Light pink, with orange base, deepening in autumn.. Strong fragrance. 30 to 35 petals. Average diameter 4". Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Tall. Dark green foliage.

Height: 4'1" to 4¼' (125 to 130cm). Width: 39" (100cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for cut flower, exhibition or garden.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Ophelia (hybrid tea, Paul 1912) × Editor McFarland

Notes:

Roger Mann reports: 'Rod Stillman' was bred in Australia, by R.T. Hamilton, who was for many years Secretary (and president too, at other times) of the Rose Society of Victoria. It's still a first-rate rose.