'Gwendoline Collins' Rose

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'Gwendoline Collins' rose Description

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Availability:

Believed extinct or lost

HMF Ratings:

5 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Gwendoline Collins
Exhibition name: Gwendoline Collins

Origin:

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

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Carmine - or cerise, shaded cherry red. large petals.. Large, double (17-25 petals), globular bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Short, compact.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

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Notes:

William Collins, born in 1846 (in the Albert River district), leased Nindooinbah Station, Queensland on his marriage in 1900 to a beautiful young New Zealander, Gwendoline Roberts. He bought the property in 1906 and Gwendoline and a team of gardeners made the garden a glory of the district.

Proceeds from the sale of this rose were donated to the National Rose Society of Victoria.