'Maman Cochet blanche' Rose

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'Maman Cochet blanche' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Margaret Furness

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Maman Cochet à fleurs blanches
• Maman Cochet White
• Priscilla (syn. White Maman Cochet)
• White Cochet
• White Maman Cochet

HMF Ratings:

51 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD.

ARS:

Registration name: White Maman Cochet

Origin:

Discovered by A. Marshall (Australia, before 1896). Discovered by John W. Cook (United States, 1896).
Introduced in Australia by C. H. Halstead in 1899 as 'White Maman Cochet'.

Class:

Tea.

Bloom:

Cream, rose-pink outer petals. Tea fragrance. Very large, full (26-40 petals), globular, high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Height: 3' to 8' (90 to 245cm). Width: 2' to 8' (60 to 245cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for garden, landscape or specimen. Disease susceptibility: rust resistant.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

sport of Maman Cochet (Tea, Cochet, 1890)

Notes:

The San Jose Heritage Rose Garden also includes the Negro/Sonoma clone of 'White Maman Cochet'.

Two sports were discovered in separate countries in 1896. Cook's USA version, and Marshall's Australian version.