'Prairie Flower' Rose

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'Prairie Flower' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Moyesii's garden

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

7 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

Red blend Shrub.
Registration name: Prairie Flower

Origin:

Bred by Dr. Griffith J. Buck (United States, 1975).

Class:

Shrub. (Series: Buck Roses Collection)

Bloom:

Red blend, white center. Mild, old rose fragrance. 7 petals. Average diameter 2.5". Medium, single (4-8 petals), flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Medium, bushy, upright. Blue-green, leathery foliage.

Height: 4' to 5' (120 to 150cm). Width: 4' (120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 4b through 10b. Can be used for beds and borders, garden or landscape. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant, very blackspot resistant..

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

seed:	Rose of Tralee × Queen Elizabeth (Hybrid Tea, Lammerts before 1951)
pollen:	Morning Stars × Suzanne (hybrid spinosissima, Skinner, 1950)

Notes:

Sam Kedem says this rose is a good producer of rose hips.