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• Pat Austin ™

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Orange or orange-red Shrub.
Registration name: AUSmum
Exhibition name: Pat Austin ™

Bred by David C. H. Austin (1926-2018) (United Kingdom, before 1993).
Introduced in United Kingdom by David Austin Roses Limited (UK) in 1995.

Shrub.   (Series: English Rose Collection)  

Orange or orange-red.  Moderate, tea fragrance.  up to 50 petals.  Average diameter 3.5".  Medium to large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped, nodding or "weak neck" bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Long, pointed, ovoid buds.  

Upright, well-branched.  Large foliage.  5 leaflets.  

Height: 42" to 5' (105 to 150cm).  Width: 42" (105cm).

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for garden.  Heat tolerant.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).  

Australia - Application No: 1999/114  on  1999   VIEW PBR PATENT
Canada - Patent No: 0287  on  2 Dec 1996
Application No: 95-534  on  4 Nov 1994
European Union - Patent No: 1543  on  16 Dec 1996
Application No: 19950467  on  24 Jul 1995
United States - Patent No: PP 9,527  on  30 Apr 1996   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/457,999  on  1 Jun 1995

Named after the wife of the Breeder