'Lavender Lassie' Rose

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'Lavender Lassie' rose Description

My HMF:

'Lavender Lassie (Hybrid Musk, Kordes, 1960)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of Phillip Oliver

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

65 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD+.

ARS:

Mauve or mauve blend Hybrid Musk.
Registration name: Lavender Lassie (Hybrid Musk, Kordes, 1960)
Exhibition name: Lavender Lassie

Origin:

Bred by Reimer Kordes (1922-1997) (Germany, before 1956).
Introduced in Australia by Roy H. Rumsey Pty. Ltd. in 1963 as 'Lavender Lassie'.

Class:

Hybrid Musk, Lambertiana, Shrub.

Bloom:

Mauve or purple blend. Flowers lilac-pink. Strong fragrance. Average diameter 3". Medium to large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in large clusters, flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Tall.

Height: 5' to 12' (150 to 365cm). Width: 4' (120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 10b. Can be used for cut flower, garden or landscape. Very vigorous. shade tolerant. Disease susceptibility: disease resistant.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Ploidy:

Triploid

Parentage:

Hamburg × Madame Norbert Levavasseur

Notes:

Meg Peterson says this rose will do well in a partially shaded location.