'Fairlie Rede' Rose

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'Fairlie Rede' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Margaret Furness

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

8 favorite votes.

ARS:

Orange-pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Fairlie Rede
Exhibition name: Fairlie Rede

Origin:

Bred by Alister Clark (1864-1949) (Australia, before 1937).
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1937 as 'Fairlie Rede'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Orange-pink. Cream, tinted pink and aurore. Light pink in spring. In summer it takes on a coppery or salmon fawn center. Strong fragrance. Large, full (26-40 petals) bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Tall, armed with thorns / prickles.

Height: 47" to 5'11" (120 to 180cm). Width: 30" to 4'1" (75 to 125cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Mrs. E. Willis × Unknown

Notes:

Proceeds from the sale of this rose were donated to the National Rose Society of Victoria.

Information received from Sandie Maclean reveals that Fairlie Rede was secretary of the Frankston Horticultural Society in 1938.
Susan Irvine (refer 1994 reference) says Fairlie Rede lived on the Peninsula outside Melbourne and grew flowers commercially...