'Captain Bligh' Rose

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'Captain Bligh' rose Description

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Availability:

Believed extinct or lost

HMF Ratings:

13 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Captain Bligh
Exhibition name: Captain Bligh

Origin:

Bred by Mrs. H.C. Fitzhardinge (1881-1956) (Australia, 1934).
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1939 as 'Captain Bligh'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Pink. Silvery rose, deeper towards base, darker center. Carmine reverse,. Average diameter 4". Large, full (26-40 petals), high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Large, long, pointed buds.

Habit:

Upright. Large, dark green, leathery foliage.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Blooms tend to ball in wet weather.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Gustav Grünerwald × Betty Uprichard

Notes:

The parentage is reversed in the 1939 and 2007 references.

Captain William Bligh was born 9 September 1754 and died 6 December 1817. He was a seafarer and is probably best known as the Captain of HMS Bounty. On 28 April 1789, the crew of the Bounty put Captain Bligh in a boat and set him adrift. See 2012 Comment from Eric Timewell for more.