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• The Countryman

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Medium pink Shrub.
Registration name: AUSman
Exhibition name: The Countryman

Bred by David C. H. Austin (1926-2018) (United Kingdom, 1979).

Shrub.   (Series: English Rose Collection)  

Pink.  Strong, old rose fragrance.  100 to 110 petals.  Average diameter 2.75".  Medium, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped-to-flat bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.  

Armed with thorns / prickles, bushy, dense.  Matte, leathery foliage.  3 to 5 leaflets.  

Height: 35" to 43" (90 to 110cm).  Width: up to 2' (up to 60cm).

USDA zone 5b through 10b.  

United States - Patent No: PP 7,556  on  18 Jun 1991   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application  on  9 Nov 1989

The Plant Science Dept. of the Nova Scotia Agriculture College evaluated 58 English Roses to assess their hardiness and disease-resistance. Their results can be found at: http://www.nsac.ns.ca/nsac/ps/annual96/mapple.htm. The Countryman was found to be reasonably tolerant to blackspot.

Some difference of opinion about parentage, see References.