'Constance' Rose

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'Constance' rose Description

My HMF:

'Constance (pernetiana, Pernet-Ducher 1914)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of Margaret Furness

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

8 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium yellow Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Constance (pernetiana, Pernet-Ducher 1914)
Exhibition name: Constance

Origin:

Bred by Joseph Pernet-Ducher (France, before 1914).
Introduced in France by Pernet-Ducher, Joseph in 1915 as 'Constance'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea, Pernetiana.

Bloom:

Golden-yellow, orange shading. Moderate fragrance. Medium to large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, cupped-to-flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Long buds.

Habit:

Bushy, spreading, upright. Glossy foliage.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Disease susceptibility: susceptible to blackspot .

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Rayon d'Or (pernetiana, Pernet-Ducher 1909) × Unnamed Seedling

Notes:

Named after Constance Margaret Ward (July 2,1892 - April 30, 1899 Puerto Rico), sixth child of of Rear Admiral and of Mrs. Aaron Ward, and the fourth who died in infancy/childhood.