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• Alex MacKenzie
• Alexander MacKenzie

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Red blend Shrub.
Registration name: A. Mackenzie
Exhibition name: A. Mackenzie

Bred by Dr. Felicitas Svejda (Canada, before 1985).
Introduced in Canada by Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (Central Experimental Farm) in 1985 as 'Alexander MacKenzie'.

Climber, Shrub.   (Series: Explorer Series Collection)  

Red blend, yellow undertones.  Moderate, raspberry fragrance.  40 to 50 petals.  Average diameter 3".  Medium, very full (41+ petals), in large clusters, cupped bloom form.  Occasional repeat later in the season.  Pointed, ovoid buds.  

Arching, climbing, upright.  Glossy, light green foliage.  

Height: 5' to 8' (150 to 245cm).  Width: up to 7' (up to 215cm).

USDA zone 3b and warmer.  Can be used for landscape or shrub.  Very hardy.  Disease susceptibility: disease resistant.  Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom.  

Triploid

In September 1998, the Montreal Botanical Garden (Le Jardin Botanique de Montreal) carried out a survey of its roses' resistance to black spot, powdery mildew and rust. This is one of the outstanding varieties which showed a 0% to 5% infection rate. The data were taken on well-established roses.

Dr. Felicitas Svejda gives the parentage as 'Queen Elizabeth' x ('Red Dawn' x 'Suzanne') x 2 cycles of open pollination.

Ploidy count by David Zlesak.