'Governor Phillip' Rose

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'Governor Phillip' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Margaret Furness

Availability:

Believed extinct or lost

HMF Ratings:

19 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium red Hybrid Tea, Cl..
Registration name: Governor Phillip
Exhibition name: Governor Phillip

Origin:

Bred by Mrs. H.C. Fitzhardinge (1881-1956) (Australia, before 1938).
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1939 as 'Governor Phillip'.

Class:

Climber, Hybrid Tea, Cl..

Bloom:

Ruby-red, flushed darker. Strong, old rose fragrance. Large, very double, open bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Large, long, pointed buds.

Habit:

Climbing. Large, glossy, bronze-green, leathery foliage.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

seedling of Ophelia (hybrid tea, Paul 1912) × Black Boy (LCl, Clark, before 1918)

Notes:

Two slightly different parentages have been recorded. Refer 1939 and 2007 references.

The parentages of some of the Fitzhardinge roses are quoted as follows:
‘Kitty Bice’ 1932 (Ophelia Climbing x Lady Waterlow)
‘Lubra’ 1938 (Ophelia Climbing x unknown) x Black Boy.
‘Governor Phillip’ <1939. (Ophelia x unknown) x Black Boy.

From Eric Timewell: 'Governor Phillip' was Arthur Phillip, the first Governor (1787–1792) of the colony of New South Wales.