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• Madame Grégoire Staechelin

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Pink blend Large-Flowered Climber.
Registration name: Madame Grégoire Staechelin

Bred by Pedro (Pere) Dot (Spain, before 1926).
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1929 as 'Madame Grégoire Staechelin'.

Hybrid Tea, Cl., Large-Flowered Climber.  

Light pink, darker shading.  Moderate fragrance.  9 to 16 petals.  Average diameter 3.75".  Large, semi-double (9-16 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, open, ruffled bloom form.  Spring or summer flush with scattered later bloom.  Large, pointed buds.  

Climbing.  Large, glossy, dark green foliage.  

Height: 8' to 20' (245 to 610cm).  Width: 10' to 20' (305 to 610cm).

USDA zone 6b through 10a.  Can be used for garden, landscape or pillar.  Very vigorous.  drought resistant.  produces decorative hips.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  

Tetraploid

Sets hips
Dedicated by the breeder to Emma Allgeier (1859-1941), the wife of Gregor Staechelin (1851-1929), a builder, contractor and financier in Basel, Switzerland since 1870. The parents of Gregor Staechelin had immigrated from Istein in southern Germany.