"Mrs. Frances Pickles" Rose

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"Mrs. Frances Pickles" rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Margaret Furness

HMF Ratings:

8 favorite votes.

Origin:

Bred by Unknown (before 1913).
Discovered by Patricia Routley (Australia, 2003).

Class:

Found Rose, Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Blush. Creamy blush, sometimes with a yellow, apricot or orange center. Sepals age upwards.. Mild fragrance. Full (26-40 petals) bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Leafy sepals buds.

Habit:

Few or no prickles/thorns, upright. Medium green foliage.

Height: 4' (120cm).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Notes:

possible Identifications
‘St. Helena' 1912. Family memories of a rose from this year.

discarded identifications
‘Antoine Rivoire’ 1895. Foliage is dark green. Hip shape is more rounded.
'Monsieur Joseph Hill' 1903 Dark bronzy foliage.
'Lady Greenall' 1911 -A pernetiana. The one bud picture available shows sepals which are not quite foliated enough.
‘Mademoiselle Hélène Cambier’ 1895 Said to have more apricot and shorter centre petals.

Possibly the same as "St. Helena Cemetery Very Double HT" in the U.S.

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