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'Dog Father' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Michael Garhart
Bloom:
The colors vary between cream and salmon, peachy salmon, and pastel yellow and salmon pink.. Moderate, spice, sweetbriar, wild rose fragrance. 5 petals. Average diameter 2.5". Small to medium, single (4-8 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters bloom form. Once-blooming spring or summer. Small, leafy sepals, long buds.
Habit:
Tall, arching, bushy, upright, well-branched. 5 to 7 leaflets.
Height: 6' to 8' (185 to 245cm). Width: 5' to 7' (150 to 215cm).
Growing:
Can be used for hedge, pillar or specimen. Very hardy. very vigorous. drought resistant. flowers drop off cleanly. heat tolerant. produces decorative hips. rain tolerant. suitable for a pillar. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant, very blackspot resistant., very mildew resistant, very rust resistant. Needs little care; relatively disease-free and quite hardy. Prune after flowering is finished. Prune dead wood. Remove unproductive wood every third year or so. This rose blooms on old wood.
Breeder's notes:
This selection is listed for breeding purposes only. It is not for sale.
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
It is possible that this rose is hexaploid. It was tested and now grows at a forest edge, and is not afflicted by any local diseases or pests. Dog Father is actually 3 sisters intertwined into one mass. I believe one of them, the smallest one with more peach tint to the blooms, is pentaploid.
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