'Rod Stillman' Rose

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'Rod Stillman' rose Description

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Photo courtesy of Beth's Northern CA Rose Garden

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

25 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD+.

ARS:

Light pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Rod Stillman
Exhibition name: Rod Stillman

Origin:

Bred by R.T. Hamilton (1901-1994) (Australia, 1946).
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1949 as 'Rod Stillman'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Light pink. Light pink, with orange base, deepening in autumn.. Strong fragrance. 30 to 35 petals. Average diameter 4". In small clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Tall. Dark green foliage.

Height: 4'1" to 4¼' (125 to 130cm). Width: 39" (100cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for cut flower, exhibition or garden.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Ophelia (hybrid tea, Paul 1912) × Editor McFarland

Notes:

Roger Mann reports: 'Rod Stillman' was bred in Australia, by R.T. Hamilton, who was for many years Secretary (and president too, at other times) of the Rose Society of Victoria. It's still a first-rate rose.