'Mike's Old-Fashioned Pink' Rose

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'Mike's Old-Fashioned Pink' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Laura Wilcox

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Bon Chance
• Old Fashioned Pink

HMF Ratings:

32 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

Light pink Shrub.
Registration name: Mike's Old-Fashioned Pink
Exhibition name: Mike's Old-Fashioned Pink

Origin:

Bred by Malcolm ("Mike") Lowe (United States, 2000).

Class:

Shrub.

Bloom:

Light pink. Strong, lily of the valley fragrance. Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season, blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Height: 4' (120cm). Width: 4' (120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 5a through 9b.

Breeder's notes:

Very bushy 4x5 ft continus bloom.Fall bloom in hever clusters than spring up to 15 blossums per stem

[Large shrub to 4x4 ft ever blooming blooms are best in fall iridescent pink hardy to zone 5 no protection needed shiny green foliage]

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Heritage ® × William Baffin

Notes:

Mike Lowe of Lowe's Roses says the flowers are double, old-fashioned in form, light pink with silver and medium pink highlights; a larger, brighter 'Marquis Bocella' with modern foliage... and... it repeats! (There's a photo of this rose on the cover of Lowe's Roses catalog.