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'Lady Ann Kidwell' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Calif Sue
HMF Ratings:
18 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT.
ARS:
Deep pink Polyantha.
Registration name: Lady Ann Kidwell (Polyantha, Krebs, 1948)
Exhibition name: Lady Ann Kidwell
Bloom:
Rose-red. Mild fragrance. Average diameter 2.25". Medium, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, nodding or "weak neck", quilled bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Small, leafy sepals, pointed buds.
Habit:
Upright. Glossy, medium green, leathery foliage. 5 leaflets.
Height: up to 6' (up to 185cm). Width: up to 6' (up to 185cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer. Can be used for cut flower or garden. Vigorous. 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.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 1,226 on 10 Nov 1953 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 71,347 on 17 Jan 1949 This invention relates to a new and distinctive variety of rose plant which has as its parentage the Cecile Brunner crossed with an unknown variety of rose. The rose was produced through cross -pollenization of the Cecile Brunner and an unknown rose, and the cross-pollenization was carried out at Montebello, California.
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