'Raymond Carver' Rose

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'Raymond Carver' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of JeanClaudeH

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

HMF Ratings:

11 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

Medium yellow Shrub.
Registration name: HORraycar
Exhibition name: Raymond Carver

Origin:

Bred by Colin P. Horner (1933-2005) (United Kingdom, before 1999).
Introduced in United Kingdom by Peter Beales Roses in 1999 as 'Raymond Carver'.

Class:

Shrub.

Bloom:

Yellow, apricot shading. Mild fragrance. 35 petals. Average diameter 4". Very double, old-fashioned bloom form.

Habit:

Height: 4' to 8' (120 to 245cm). Width: 3' to 4' (90 to 120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.

Patents:

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Parentage:

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Notes:

American short-story writer Raymond Carver died in August 1988 at the age of fifty.