'Alison' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Margit Schowalter
Bloom:
Lilac. Medium, semi-double (9-16 petals), borne mostly solitary bloom form.
Growing:
USDA zone 3b and warmer. Very hardy.
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
‘Mary L. Evans’ x ‘Alika’ (R. gallica grandiflora) or R. rugosa hyb. x ‘Alika’
A letter from P. Wright to Brian Porter dated 31 Jan. 1974 states parentage as a hybrid Hansa and Therese Bugnet but in 1950's (in Dakota Horticulture) he speculates that the parentage was likely the same as for 'Ruth', Named after his daughter.
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