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'Blush Damask' rose Description
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'Blush Damask' rose photo
Photo courtesy of MetteBee
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
64 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Light pink Damask.
Registration name: Blush Damask
Origin:
Bred by Unknown (1759).
Class:
Found Rose, Damask.  
Bloom:
Light pink, lighter reverse.  Strong fragrance.  Small, double (17-25 petals) bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.  Glandular sepals, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Dark green foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 3' to 7' (90 to 215cm).  Width: up to 3' (up to 90cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 4b through 9b.  Hardy.  Disease susceptibility: disease resistant.  Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood..  Needs little care; relatively disease-free and quite hardy.  Prune after flowering is finished.  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Ploidy:
Tetraploid
Parentage:
Notes:
'"Tähtitorninkatu", a found rose from Hesinki, was identified as 'Blush Damask'.
'Blush Hip' has been sold in Europe as 'Blush Damask'.
According to the Swedish POM study, 'Blush Damask' could be acomplex hybrid of Galllica, Damask and Alba roses. See the 2021 reference.
 
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