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"Red Ethel" rose Description
Photo courtesy of Rockhill
Bloom:
Crimson or red. A very prickly plant, so far producing many short-stemmed dark red blooms. So far a decorative rather than a cutting rose because of the short stems. Repeats very quickly and responds well to light trimming.. Strong, damask fragrance. up to 30 petals.
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
Originally found by Barbara Dundas in Ethel Street, Guildford, Western Australia, prior to 2010. Propagated by Peter Ellis.
“Red Ethel” has a large disc and the pistil rises high above the stamens with age and the stigmas turn bright pink or red.
Possible identifications 1900. Liberty. (However, stems may be too long, and the bloom was said to be tall) 1907. Laurent Carle - was said to have a long bud. 1914. H. V. Machin 1917. C. V. Haworth 1918 Gloire de Hollande 1930 William Orr 1931 Mrs. Harold Brookes <1933 Lady Rhodes 1950 Josephine Bruce
Not Crimson Queen, 1912. Flower blued with age. Dr. G. Krüger. 1913. Long buds. Earl Haig 1921. Few thorns, solitary, center flat Edward Mawley. 1911. long stems Etoile de France 1903. Few thorns, long stems Etoile de Hollande. 1919 Hillary Merrifield grew this in her garden. Hadley. 1914. Too tall, blues, and long thin stems. His Majesty. 1909. Possibly too tall. Richmond 1904. A florists rose, long stems.
Georges Laing Paul’ 1903
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