'Madame Caroline Testout' Rose

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'Madame Caroline Testout' rose Description

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Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Caroline Testout
• "Somerville Big Pink"

HMF Ratings:

65 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

Medium pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Madame Caroline Testout (Hybrid Tea, Pernet-Ducher, 1887)
Exhibition name: Madame Caroline Testout

Origin:

Bred by Joseph Pernet-Ducher (France, 1887).
Introduced in France by Pernet-Ducher, Joseph in 1890 as 'Madame Caroline Testout'.
Introduced in Australia by Robert Rattray's Rosebank Nursery in 1894 as 'Madame Caroline Testout'.

Class:

Found Rose, Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Pink, darker center, silver(y) outer petals.. None to mild fragrance. Large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, globular, open bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Long, pointed buds.

Habit:

Bushy, upright, well-branched. Large foliage.

Height: 31" to 47" (80 to 120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 5b and warmer. Disease susceptibility: susceptible to Mildew. 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. Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Ploidy:

Tetraploid

Parentage:

Madame de Tartas × Lady Mary Fitzwilliam

Notes:

'Journal des Roses' of 1891 states that the pollen parent is the HP 'Victor Verdier'.
Dedicated to the wife of a magistrate of Grenoble

[HRIA Tea-Noisette Collection. Early Hybrid Teas:
D58 "Somerville Big Pink". Collected central Victoria from Brenda Weir's childhood home.]