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'Mary Magdalene' rose Description
'Mary Magdalene' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Suzanne Horn
Availability:
Commercially available
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HMF Ratings:
52 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Light pink Shrub.
Registration name: AUSjolly
Exhibition name: Mary Magdalene
Origin:
Bred by David C. H. Austin (1926-2018) (United Kingdom, before 1998).
Introduced in United Kingdom by David Austin Roses Limited (UK) in 1998 as 'Mary Magdalene'.
Class:
Shrub.   (Series: English Rose Collection)  
Bloom:
Seashell-pink - blush, darker center.  Mild, myrrh, tea fragrance.  41 to 50 petals.  Average diameter 3.5".  Button-eye, old-fashioned bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid, rounded buds.  
Habit:
Bushy.  Matte foliage.  

Height: 3' (90cm).  Width: 3' (90cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 10b.  
Patents:
Australia - Patent No: AU2372P  on  3 Feb 2004
Application No: 2000/109  on  24 Mar 2000   VIEW PBR PATENT
seed parent un-named seedling x pollen parent an un-named seedling. The seed parent is a compact rounded shrub with dark rose pink flowers, and the pollen parent is a shrub with upright growth and differed in shade of pink of petals to ‘Ausjolly’. ...Breeder: David Austin, Wolverhampton, UK
First sold in UK in May 1998.
 
United Kingdom - Patent  on  1997
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