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'Ganges Gift ™' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Girija and Viru
Class:
China / Bengale, Hybrid Clinophylla.
Bloom:
Light pink, deep pink streaks, stripes, flecks, deep pink reverse. Moderate fragrance. Average diameter 4". Large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Medium, few or no prickles/thorns, spreading. Medium, semi-glossy, medium green foliage.
Height: 2' to 3' (60 to 90cm).
Growing:
Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.
Breeder's notes:
This has delicate flowers of thin petals of pink which darken with age in typical China rose fashion. Very dainty looking , and when there are a number of flowers on the small plant, at different stages of pink, the effect is wholly charming. As this is a clinophylla seedling we carried the ‘Ganges’ theme further.
The Nymph Series
A new race of China roses has been created by combining the heritage of one of the most significant of China roses from China – ‘The Rose of the Temple of Ten Thousand Camellias’ – with the genes of Rosa clinophylla , which is perhaps the world’s only tropical rose species. We may add that using this tropical rose species in rose breeding, never before attempted, is exceedingly relevant in a warming world. One of the most important results of bringing in new species is that we get very interesting changes, both in flower form and in fragrance in these new lines.
Our Nymph series, beginning with Ganges Nymph, and continuing with many more, is a dramatic illustration of the possibilities of this type ofrose breeding. Ther series are all typically China roses in growth habit and foliage. They also retain the characteristic feature of China roses of the colour deepening with age. But what is new now is the flower form- the quilled petals , sometimes almost resembling a chrysanthemum, of these roses, as well as a distinctive fragrance .
And all of these roses have an aura of impishness, a frolicky naughtiness that one usually attributes to a nymph!!
Hopefully, the Nymph series will also be good roses for warm climates. In this series, starting with ‘Ganges Nymph’, we have ‘Vaigai Nymph’, ‘Pennar Nymph’, ‘Bhavani Nymph’ and ‘Narmada Nymph’, all named for rivers in India.
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
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