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'William Baffin' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Helena Verghese Borg
HMF Ratings:
58 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT-.
ARS:
Deep pink Hybrid Kordesii.
Class:
Climber, Hybrid Kordesii, Shrub. (Series: Explorer Series Collection)
Bloom:
Deep pink to red, yellow stamens. Flowers strawberry pink touched white at the cneter. Mild fragrance. 15 to 20 petals. Average diameter 2.5". Medium, semi-double to double, in large clusters, flat bloom form. Occasional repeat later in the season.
Habit:
Tall, arching, armed with thorns / prickles, climbing. Small, glossy, medium green foliage.
Height: 7' to 10' (215 to 305cm). Width: 6' (185cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 2b through 9b. Can be used for garden, ground cover, hedge, landscape or pillar. Very hardy. vigorous. shade tolerant. Disease susceptibility: susceptible to blackspot . Can be grown as a climber in mild climates.
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
The parentage given here is provided by Dr. Svejda in diagrams on pages 43 and 41 of her book The Canadian Explorer Roses (National-Roses-Canada, 2008). In September 1998, the Montreal Botanical Garden (Le Jardin Botanique de Montreal) carried out a survey of its roses' resistance to black spot, powdery mildew and rust. This is one of the outstanding varieties which showed a 0% to 5% infection rate. The data were taken on well-established roses. From the Internet, a report on the cold-hardiness of this rose: 'William Baffin' performs beautifully in the harsh conditions of the Rocky Mountain West. In our garden, the canes are completely winter hardy in Zone 4 at 8,500' altitude without mulch or snow cover. Tolerates the dry heat in the summer without flinching. And another happy grower reports: I've grown this rose in northeastern South Dakota with no winter protection for 3 years now and it's been completely hardy. We are on the northern edge of Zone 4 with temps dropping to -30F or lower at times. One of the Roses that "passed the test" in Longwood Gardens' Ten-Year Rose Trials.
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