'Smooth Rose' Rose

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'Smooth Rose' Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Cliff's High Desert Garden Archival Dec, 2011 last updated 101812

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Hudson Bay Rose
• Labrador Rose
• Meadow Rose
• R. blanda
• Rosa blanda Aiton
• Rosa blanda Jacq.
• Rosa cinnamomea subsp. blanda (Aiton) Nyman
• R. fraxinea Willd.
• Rosa fraxinifolia var. blanda (Aiton) Ser.
• Rosa gemella Willd. synonym
• Rosa Solandri Tratt. Synonym
• Rosa subblanda Rydb. Synonym
• Rosa turgida Pers. synonym
• Rose du Labrador

HMF Ratings:

66 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium pink Species.
Exhibition name: R. blanda

Origin:

Discovered by James Gordon (United Kingdom, 1773).

Class:

Species / Wild.

Bloom:

Rose-pink. Strong fragrance. Average diameter 2.25". Medium, single (4-8 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters bloom form. Once-blooming spring or summer.

Habit:

Arching, bushy, few or no prickles/thorns, well-branched. Medium, matte, dark green, leathery foliage. 5 to 9 leaflets.

Height: 4'11" to 8'2" (150 to 250cm). Width: up to 4' (up to 120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 3b and warmer. Vigorous. produces decorative hips.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Ploidy:

Diploid

Parentage:

If you know the parentage of this rose, or other details, please contact us.

Notes:

R. blanda Aiton (1789). Section Cinnamomeae. See also Rosa blanda f. blanda and Rosa fraxinifolia Lindl.
Hips are red and pear-shaped.