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'Maggie Barry' rose Description
'Maggie Barry' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Beth's Northern CA Rose Garden
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
13 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Pink blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: MACoborn
Exhibition name: Maggie Barry
Origin:
Bred by Samuel Darragh (1932-2019) McGredy IV (1986).
Introduced in New Zealand by Egmont Roses in 1993 as 'Maggie Barry'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Pink blend.  Flowers salmon edged orange. Coral salmon, deeper edges.  Mild fragrance.  40 petals.  Average diameter 4".  Medium-large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Tall, armed with thorns / prickles, bushy, upright.  Large, matte, light green foliage.  

Height: up to 4'11" (up to 150cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 7b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower or garden.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  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) .  
Breeder's notes:
Maggie Barry - Macoborn. Nicknamed Oborn. For the TV presenter.
Patents:
Australia - Application No: 1995/031  on  1995   VIEW PBR PATENT
 
New Zealand - Patent No: 950  on  8 May 1995
Application No: ROS448  on  19 May 1993
Trade Name: Maggie Barry.
 
United States - Patent No: PP 10,938  on  1 Jun 1999   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/873,658  on  12 Jun 1997
Notes:
Named after a popular television newsreader in New Zealand