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'Achantha' rose Description
Photo courtesy of jedmar
ARS:
Dark red Grandiflora.
Exhibition name: Achantha
Class:
Grandiflora, Hybrid Tea, Shrub.
Bloom:
Carmine-pink to red, dark red shading. Mild fragrance. 25 to 30 petals. Average diameter 4". Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters bloom form. Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season. Pointed buds.
Habit:
Bushy, few or no prickles/thorns. Medium, medium green foliage.
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.
Breeder's notes:
The perfectly shaped blooms of dark velvety red of this continuous flowering Grandiflora/Hybrd Tea rose memorialize a dear friend, S.N Achanta, a Government service colleague who shared our passion for roses and was very knowledgeable about them. He took part in many roses shows held by the Rose Society of India, in New Delhi , where he lived as a bureaucrat in the federal government. Sadly, in 1985/6 when he was on his morning jog, he was mowed down by a speeding car which lost control. This was Viru’s tribute to a dear friend.
Prickles: small size, triangular, brown colour, few
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
Source: http://esoterics.in/a.html
Parentage: Breeder
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