'Mrs. Phillip Russell' Rose

	Description		Photos		Lineage		Awards		References		Member Ratings		Member Comments		Member Journals		Cuttings		Gardens		Buy From

'Mrs. Phillip Russell' rose Description

My HMF:

We do not have ANY photos of this Rose!

If you have an appropriate photo, please share it with HelpMeFind - see the UPLOAD PHOTO button on the Photos tab.

Please do not upload someone else's photos without their permission. Thanks!

Availability:

Believed extinct or lost

Synonyms:

• Mrs. Philip Russell

HMF Ratings:

10 favorite votes.

ARS:

Dark red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Mrs. Phillip Russell

Origin:

Bred by Alister Clark (1864-1949) (Australia, 1927).
Introduced in Australia by E. & W. Hackett Ltd. in 1927 as 'Mrs. Philip Russell'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1928 as 'Mrs. Phillip Russell'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Dark red, darker shading. Mild fragrance. Medium, semi-double (9-16 petals), in small clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Tall. Medium, grey-green foliage.

Height: up to 4'11" (up to 150cm).

Growing:

Can be trained as a climber. Disease susceptibility: susceptible to blackspot .

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Hadley × Red-Letter Day (hybrid tea, Dickson, 1914)

Notes:

This rose was introduced by E. & W. Hackett Nursery in Adelaide and heavily publicised in 'The Gardening Bulletin'. In the March 1, 1927 issue it was promoted as a hybrid tea, but it grew so vigorously that by December 2, 1929, they were admitting that "it must be classed as a climber".
Two spellings: Phillip and Philip are used extensively in the references.