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"Carlsruhe Cemetery Maria Bruhn" rose Description
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Photo courtesy of Eric Timewell
Synonyms:
 
HMF Ratings:
1 favorite vote.  
Origin:
Discovered by Pat Toolan (Australia).
Class:
Found Rose, Bourbon, Hybrid Perpetual.  
Bloom:
White blend.  Opening pale pink, ageing white. A pinstripe/blush on some petals and some pink or red flashes on reverse. Similar to 'Devoniensis' in colour but with flatter flower form.Borne singly and in clusters of 3 to 8.  Mild to strong fragrance.  up to 46 petals.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Armed with thorns / prickles, spreading, upright.  Grey-green foliage.  
Growing:
Blooms tend to ball in wet weather.  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
"Carlsruhe Cemetery Maria Bruhn" is on plot 130 which is the grave of Maria Dorothea Sophia Bruhn (nee Pluckhahn) who died 25th June 1891. There are two identical roses on this double grave. The other half of the double grave is plot 143 which is the grave of her husband Johann Friedrich Christian Bruhn who died 8th December 1893.

Foliage
A leaden cast with a greyish green sheen. Long prickles under rachis

Bush
A classic vase shape
Very thick stems, with an upright stance of the blooms.
Has grown long canes in Perth, Western Australia

Stipule
Long and adnate, glanded edge

Sometimes seen with more than five sepals

Possibly ‘Mademoiselle de Sombreuil’ 1851, tea.
 
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