'Lady Huntingfield' Rose

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'Lady Huntingfield' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Patricia Routley

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

23 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium yellow Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Lady Huntingfield

Origin:

Bred by Alister Clark (1864-1949) (Australia, 1937).
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1937 as 'Lady Huntingfield'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea, Pernetiana.

Bloom:

Golden-yellow. Deep apricot, ageing pale flesh. Strong fragrance. 35 to 50 petals. Average diameter 4". Large bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Height: 39" to 6'7" (100 to 200cm). Width: 4'1" to 7¼' (125 to 220cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Prefers dry climates. prefers warmer sites.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Busybody × Aspirant Marcel Rouyer

Notes:

Profits from the sale of this rose were donated to the National Rose Society of Victoria.
Alister Clark wrote in 1938 “Aspirant Marcel Rouyer, the pollen parent of Lady Huntingfield” and yet he registered the pollen parent as “unknown” and never corrected it.