'Camoëns' Rose

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'Camoëns' rose Description

My HMF:

'Camoëns (hybrid tea, Schwartz, 1881)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of Jocelyn Janon

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

15 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Camoëns (hybrid tea, Schwartz, 1881)

Origin:

Bred by Joseph Schwartz (France, 1881).
Introduced in Australia by C. F. Newman and Sons - Adelaide in 1894 as 'Camoëns'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Pink, carmine-pink center, yellow undertones, white stripes. Moderate fragrance. Medium, semi-double to double, cluster-flowered, scalloped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Well-branched.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b and warmer. 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:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

seedling of Antoine Verdier

Notes:

Camoëns was a Portuguese poet, died in 1579.