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'Tea Clipper' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Calif Sue
HMF Ratings:
33 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT.
ARS:
Apricot or apricot blend Shrub. Registration name: AUSroverExhibition name: Tea Clipper
Class:
Shrub. (Series: English Rose Collection)
Bloom:
Apricot, yellow undertones. Strong, fruity, myrrh, tea fragrance. up to 100 petals. Average diameter 3.75". Large, very full (41+ petals), in small clusters, old-fashioned, quartered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Pointed, ovoid buds.
Habit:
Medium, bushy, few or no prickles/thorns. Medium, matte, dark green foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.
Height: up to 47" (up to 120cm). Width: up to 39" (up to 100cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower or garden. Vigorous. Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom. Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.
Patents:
Australia - Patent No: AU4253P on 25 May 2011 Application No: 2008/098 on 4 Apr 2008 VIEW PBR PATENT‘unnamed seedling’ x ‘unnamed seedling’ in 1998. Best of the seedlings were selected in January 1998. In July 1999 grafted onto Laxa root-stock outdoors. In 2000, the variety was found promising and repeatedly propagated to 2005. Commercial introduction and release in UK was in 2006. Breeder: David Austin
First sold in UK May 2006 European Union - Patent on 2006 New Zealand - Patent No: 2910 on 2 Jun 2010 Application No: ROS946 on 23 Mar 2009 United Kingdom - Patent on 2007 United States - Patent No: PP 18,699 on 1 Apr 2008 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 11/635,306 on 6 Dec 2006
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