'Rosa rubra saccharina' Rose

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'Rosa rubra saccharina' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Museo Giardino della Rosa Antica

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Conditorum
• Hungarian Rose
• Konditerrose
• R. gallica conditorum
• Rosa gallica var. conditorum Dieck
• Rosa hungarica
• Rose de Hongrie
• Rose Tidbit
• Tidbit Rose
• Zuckerrose

HMF Ratings:

64 favorite votes.

ARS:

Dark red.
Exhibition name: Conditorum

Origin:

Bred by Unknown (before 1565).
Introduced in Germany by Dr. Georg Dieck in 1889 as 'Conditorum'.

Class:

Gallica / Provins.

Bloom:

Crimson and purple.. Strong fragrance. Average diameter 4". Medium to large, semi-double to double, borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered bloom form. Once-blooming spring or summer.

Habit:

Bushy, spreading, upright, well-branched. Matte, medium green foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.

Height: 3' to 5'7" (90 to 170cm). Width: up to 3' (up to 90cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 4b through 8b.

Breeder's notes:

Hungary, Anatolia

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Ploidy:

Tetraploid

Parentage:

Unknown

Notes:

Probably came to Hungary from Anatolia with the confectioners of the Ottoman Empire in the early 16th century.
A watercolour by Conrad Gesner (before 1565) possibly shows 'Conditorum'.