'Queen of Hearts' Rose

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'Queen of Hearts' rose Description

My HMF:

'Queen of Hearts (Hybrid Tea Cl., Clark 1919)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of Nadene

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

7 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium pink Hybrid Tea, Cl..
Registration name: Queen of Hearts (Hybrid Tea Cl., Clark 1919)
Exhibition name: Queen of Hearts

Origin:

Bred by Alister Clark (1864-1949) (Australia, 1919).
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in before 1921 as 'Queen of Hearts'.

Class:

Climber, Hybrid Tea, Cl..

Bloom:

Orange-pink. Rich pink. Strong fragrance. Large, semi-double (9-16 petals), cupped, globular, rosette bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Climbing. Dark green foliage.

Height: up to 11½' (up to 350cm). Width: up to 4'11" (up to 150cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Vigorous. can be grown as a shrub. can be trained as a climber.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Gustav Grünerwald × Rosy Morn (climber, Clark, 1912)

Notes:

This rose seems to have gained more petals over the decades. The rose in commerce and gardens is possibly not the original.