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'Pink Soupert' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Calif Sue
ARS:
Medium pink Polyantha. Registration name: Pink Soupert Exhibition name: Pink Soupert
Bloom:
Pink, light pink shading, violet shading. Strong fragrance. Small to medium, full (26-40 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped bloom form. Prolific, blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Short, bushy. Dense foliage.
Height: up to 2' (up to 60cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden. Hardy. vigorous.
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
Brent Dickerson in his Old Rose Advisor, and in "Master List," lists 'Pink Soupert' and quotes from A California Nursery Catalog of 1897 the information that the plant is a seedling of Clothilde Soupert, while asserting in the listing that the plant is a cross of 'Clothilde Soupert' with 'Lucullus," a China rose. Dingee & Conard are listed as the originators.
The information on the Vintage Garden website indicates that their 'Pink Soupert' is a rose 'found' by Ruth Knopf in a Charlotte, NC cemetery after it has been lost in the 'oblivion of time.'
Jim Delahanty (Sherman Oaks, CA) says: "Whether a seedling or a sport, Pink Soupert retains the same excellent fragrance, but the flower has fewer petals and does not ball or bull with the alacrity of Clothilde."
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