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• Apricot Bells
• LENtrichin

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Apricot or apricot blend Hybrid Musk.
Registration name: LENtrichin

Bred by Louis Lens (1924-2001) (Belgium, 1988).
Introduced in Belgium by Lens Roses/Louis Lens N.V./Pépinières Louis Lens SA in 1999 as 'Apricot Bells'.

Hybrid Musk, Shrub.  

Cream, pink shading, apricot shading, ages to pink .  Buds apricot; flowers creamy apricot to pink and darker pink.  Strong fragrance.  12 to 16 petals.  Average diameter 1.5".  Small, semi-double (9-16 petals), cluster-flowered, in large clusters, cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  

Tall, armed with thorns / prickles, upright.  Large, glossy, dark green foliage.  

Height: 4'11" (150cm).  

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for garden or landscape.  

Louis Lens says the blooms change from apricot to cream. It inherited its changeable color from 'Mutabilis'.
Participated in the 1996 Monza Competition. (Source: Website Roseto Niso Fumagalli.)