"Wretham Rose" Rose

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"Wretham Rose" Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Maddalena Piccinini

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

6 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium red Centifolia.

Origin:

Discovered by Mrs. Anne Hoellering (before 1997).
Introduced in United Kingdom by Peter Beales Roses in 1997 as '"Wretham Rose"'.

Class:

Centifolia.

Bloom:

Carmine-red or cerise. Strong fragrance. Very double, in small clusters bloom form. Once-blooming spring or summer.

Habit:

Armed with thorns / prickles.

Height: up to 7' (up to 215cm). Width: up to 6' (up to 185cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 4b through 9b.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Unknown

Notes:

(From Peter Beales 1997-1998 Catalog, p. 9:) Fragrant very fully double glowing carmine flowers produced very freely in early summer on a thorny sturdy bushy plant. Discovered in Mrs. Anne Hoellering's garden, Wretham Lodge, Thetford, a previously unknown old rose.