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"Shalice" rose Description
Photo courtesy of Margaret Furness
Class:
Found Rose, Hybrid Perpetual.
Bloom:
Light pink. Average diameter 4.75". Full (26-40 petals) bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Light green foliage.
Height: up to 47" (up to 120cm).
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
Found in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia by John Nieuwesteeg and named for the family who grew it.
Not ‘Captain Christy’. refer comments
‘Georg Arends’ has been suggested, but that had a strong perfume.
Possibly Baroness Rothschild 1867. Refer Members Comments.
Sepals: long, leafy
Pedicel: glandular
Foliage: light green. Smooth, thin and papery. Serrated leaf edge. The new foliage in the spring has a strong, silvery, metallic sheen that is not as evident later in the year.
Prickles: a few prickles, with smooth wood in between.
Fragrance: tea (in mid summer)
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