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'Lily Pons' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Millie Skrtich
HMF Ratings:
21 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT-.
ARS:
Light yellow Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Lily Pons
Class:
Hybrid Tea. (Series: Sub-Zero Series)
Bloom:
Lemon-yellow, white outer petals, ages to white . Mild to strong, tea, opinions vary fragrance. 50 petals. Average diameter 5.5". Large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Medium, long buds.
Habit:
Medium, bushy, upright. Medium, dark green foliage. 3 to 5 leaflets.
Height: 4' to 6' (120 to 185cm). Width: 2' to 3' (60 to 90cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer. Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 420 on 10 Sep 1940 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 318,073 on 9 Feb 1940 "This rose plant was bred by me and under my directions by propagation and cross pollenation. It is a seedling grown from a seed produced on the hardy climbing Rosa wichuraiana hybrid known as ‘Glendale’. This seed was produced by fertilization with pollen of a self seedling from the hardy climbing Rosa wichuraiana hybrid known as ‘Golden Climber Mrs Arthur Curtiss James’
The date of this pollen cross was June 30, 1933".
Notes:
Soprano Lily Pons was born in France 12 April 1898. She came to the United States in the 1930s and was a sensation. There is even a town in Maryland named after her. The US Postal Service issued a commemorative stamp in her honor 10 September 1997. She died in 1976 and is buried in France.
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