'King Arthur ®' Rose

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'King Arthur ®' rose Description

My HMF:

'King Arthur ® (floribunda, Harkness, 1988)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of Huyustus

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Antique Abundance
• English Sonnet ™
• Fragrant Surprise
• HARverag
• Lawrence of Arabia ™ (floribunda, Harkness 1988)
• Renown's Samaritan
• Samaritan

HMF Ratings:

66 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD+.

ARS:

Apricot or apricot blend Floribunda.
Registration name: HARverag
Exhibition name: English Sonnet ™

Origin:

Bred by Harkness & Co. (United Kingdom, before 1988).
Introduced in United Kingdom by R Harkness & Co. Ltd. in 1991 as 'Fragrant Surprise'.
Introduced in United States by Heirloom Roses, Inc. (USA) in 1996 as 'Samaritan'.
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (post 1970) in 1999 as 'Samaritan'.

Class:

Floribunda, Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Apricot, pink shading. Strong, anise, cinnamon, fruity, spice fragrance. 41 to 90 petals. Average diameter 4.25". Large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped, old-fashioned, quartered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Medium, bushy, spreading, upright. Medium, glossy, dark green foliage.

Height: 30" to 39" (75 to 100cm). Width: 2' (60cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 7b through 10b. Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower or garden. Very hardy. 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. Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) . Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Silver Jubilee ® (hybrid tea, Cocker before 1974) × Dr. A.J. Verhage

Notes:

Participated in the 1988 Monza Competition (Source: Website Roseto Niso Fumagalli).
In their catalog of new roses for 1999, Jackson & Perkins lists this under "English Roses".

Treloar Roses also describes Samaritan as having "David Austin type" cupped blooms in yellow tonings...

Heirloom Old Garden Roses says Lawrence of Arabia™ (HARverag) is one of Harkness Roses' English Legend Roses. The blooms are apricot-gold and cherry coral. (HOGR also gives a date of 1996.)