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'Sa Majesté Gustave V' rose Description
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ARS:
Dark red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Sa Majesté Gustave V
Exhibition name: Sa Majesté Gustave V
Bloom:
Carmine-red, crimson highlights. Moderate fragrance. 30 petals. Very large, very double, cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Long sepals, long, pointed buds.
Habit:
Climbing, few or no prickles/thorns. 5 leaflets.
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for cut flower. Vigorous.
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
His Majesty, Gustave, King of Sweden by birth but rosarian by choice, offered a cash premium for an everblooming Rose that would resist the bleak winters of the land of the midnight sun.
Gustaf V (1858-1950) became king in 1907 upon the death of his father. His motto was: With the people for the land of our fathers.
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