'Sir Edward Elgar' Rose

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'Sir Edward Elgar' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Rita Granata's "Giardino del Rosa".

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• AUSprima

HMF Ratings:

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ARS:

Medium red Shrub.
Registration name: AUSprima
Exhibition name: Sir Edward Elgar

Origin:

Bred by David C. H. Austin (1926-2018) (United Kingdom, before 1991).
Introduced in United Kingdom by David Austin Roses Limited (UK) in 1992.

Class:

Shrub. (Series: English Rose Collection)

Bloom:

Red. Strong, tea rose fragrance. 65 to 75 petals. Average diameter 2.5". Medium, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped-to-flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Pointed, ovoid, rounded buds.

Habit:

Medium, dark green, leathery foliage. 5 leaflets.

Height: 3' to 42" (90 to 105cm). Width: 2' to 4' (60 to 120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 5b through 10b.

Patents:

European Union - Patent No: 335 on 2 Aug 1996
Application No: 19950468 on 24 Jul 1995

First commercialisation in EU: May 1, 1992; outside EU: 01/01/1994.
Protection terminated on October 16, 2000.

United States - Patent No: PP 8,670 on 5 Apr 1994 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 07/954,883 on 30 Sep 1992

Observations made from specimens grown in a garden environment at Albrighton, Wolverhampton, England in August 1991.

Parentage:

Mary Rose ® × The Squire ®

Notes: