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'Gentle Hermione' rose Description
'Gentle Hermione' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Marina's Garden. Crawfordville, FL
Availability:
Commercially available
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Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Light pink Shrub.
Registration name: AUSrumba
Exhibition name: Gentle Hermione
Origin:
Bred by David C. H. Austin (1926-2018) (United Kingdom, before 2004).
Introduced in United Kingdom by David Austin Roses Limited (UK) in 2005 as 'Gentle Hermione'.
Class:
Shrub.   (Series: English Rose Collection)  
Bloom:
Light pink, blush outer petals.  Strong, myrrh, old rose fragrance.  90 to 100 petals.  Average diameter 3.75".  Large, very full (41+ petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped, old-fashioned bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Medium, arching, bushy.  Medium, matte, dark green foliage.  

Height: up to 47" (up to 120cm).  Width: up to 35" (up to 90cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 4b through 9b.  Can be used for cut flower or garden.  Vigorous.  Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom.  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 17,500  on  13 Mar 2007   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/263,886  on  31 Oct 2005
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of a shrub rose plant named `AUSrumba` which was originated by me by crossing an unnamed, unpatented seedling with an unnamed, unpatented seedling....Observations made from plants commencing at one year of age grown in a garden environment at Albrighton, England.
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