'Cicely O'Rorke' Rose

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'Cicely O'Rorke' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Margaret Furness

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

HMF Ratings:

12 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium pink Hybrid Tea, Cl..
Exhibition name: Cicely O'Rorke

Origin:

Bred by Alister Clark (1864-1949) (Australia, 1937).
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1937 as 'Cicely O'Rorke'.

Class:

Climber, Hybrid Tea, Cl..

Bloom:

Deep pink. Large, semi-double (9-16 petals), cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Climbing.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Souvenir de Gustave Prat × Unnamed Seedling

Notes:

Alister Clark was talking of 'Cicely O'Rorke' in October, 1926. It was released 11 years later in 1937.
Proceeds from the sale of this rose were donated to the National Rose Society of Victoria.
'Cicely O'Rorke' resurfaced in an Australian nursery in 2000, but it is not clear who had been conserving the rose.