'Socrates' Rose

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'Socrates' rose Description

My HMF:

'Socrate (tea, Robert, 1858)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of Dirk Rojahn

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Socrate (tea, Robert, 1858)

HMF Ratings:

7 favorite votes.

ARS:

Pink blend Tea.
Registration name: Socrates (tea, Moreau-Robert 1858)

Origin:

Bred by Français-André Robert (France, 1858).

Class:

Tea.

Bloom:

Salmon-pink, apricot center, pink reverse, ages to pink . Strong, apricot or peach, fruity fragrance. Average diameter 3.25". Medium to large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, flat, scalloped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Glandular sepals, leafy sepals buds.

Habit:

Armed with thorns / prickles, bushy, well-branched. Matte foliage. 3 to 5 leaflets.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Unknown

Notes:

"David's Dilemma", an Australian foundling is tentatively thought to be the real 'Socrate'.
Resembles 'Baron Gaston Chandon' and 'Princesse Marie Dagmar'. Often confused with 'Homère'. - see 1912 Reference
See also the tea 'Socrate' by Beauregard (1837).