'Lilac Charm' Rose

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'Lilac Charm' rose Description

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Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

41 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

Mauve or mauve blend Floribunda.
Registration name: Lilac Charm

Origin:

Bred by Edward Burton Le Grice (1902-1977) (United Kingdom, before 1958).
Introduced in United Kingdom by E. B. Le Grice (Roses) Ltd. in 1961 as 'Lilac Charm'.
Introduced in France by Hemeray-Aubert in 1963 as 'Lilac Charm'.
Introduced by Unknown (Australia) in 1964 as 'Lilac Charm'.

Class:

Floribunda.

Bloom:

Lilac, crimson stamens. Strong fragrance. 5 to 8 petals. Average diameter 4". Very large, single (4-8 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Pointed buds.

Habit:

Compact, upright. Dark green foliage.

Height: 1' to 2' (30 to 60cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b and warmer. Can be used for beds and borders, container rose or garden. 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.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 2,189 VIEW USPTO PATENT

Parentage:
"The present rose plant was produced originally by the crossing of an unnamed seedling as a seed parent and an unnamed seedling as the pollen parent. The parentage goes back to a generation raised before World War II. Rosa Californica and Lavender Pinocchio, Plant Patent No. 947, were introduced into the stream the third and second generation back."

Parentage:

seedling of Lavender Pinocchio (Floribunda, Boerner, 1948) × seedling of Rosa californica Cham. & Schlecht.

Notes:

Parentage
Most accurately, parentage should be unnamed seedling x unnamed seedling.
The vague parentage disclosed in the patent cannot be accurately represented in a pedigree.