'Fortune's Five Color' Rose

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'Fortune's Five Color' rose Description

My HMF:

'Fortune's Five-Colored Rose' rose photo

Photo courtesy of David Giroux

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• À cinq couleurs
• Feng Ye Lu Hua
• Five-Colored Rose
• Fortune's Five-Colored Rose
• Fortune’s Parti-Colored
• Rosa Fortunei Hort.
• Rose à cinq couleurs
• 楓葉蘆花

HMF Ratings:

60 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

White, near white or white blend Tea.
Registration name: Fortune's Five-Colored Rose
Exhibition name: Fortune's Five-Colored Rose

Origin:

Discovered by Robert Fortune (United Kingdom, before 1844).
Introduced in Australia by Thomas Lang in 1866 as 'Fortune’s Parti-Colored'.

Class:

Tea.

Bloom:

White and deep pink. Medium, semi-double (9-16 petals) bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Height: 4' (120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Unknown

Notes:

Ashdown Roses says this is a very unusual rose with blooms that can be solid white, solid pink/red or any combination of the two.
Feng Ye Lu Hua = Maple Leaf Reed Flower