Commercially available

• Maggie Barry

13 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  

Pink blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: MACoborn
Exhibition name: Maggie Barry

Bred by Samuel Darragh (1932-2019) McGredy IV (1986).
Introduced in New Zealand by Egmont Roses in 1993 as 'Maggie Barry'.

Hybrid Tea.  

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.  

Tall, armed with thorns / prickles, bushy, upright.  Large, matte, light green foliage.  

Height: up to 4'11" (up to 150cm).  

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) .  

Maggie Barry - Macoborn. Nicknamed Oborn. For the TV presenter.

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
United States - Patent No: PP 10,938  on  1 Jun 1999   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/873,658  on  12 Jun 1997

Named after a popular television newsreader in New Zealand