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'Augusta' rose Description
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'Augusta (hybrid rugosa, Wright 1953)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Margit Schowalter
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
10 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Hybrid Rugosa.
Origin:
Bred by Percy H. Wright (Canada, 1953).
Introduced in Canada by Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario (Central Experimental Farm) in circa 1953 as 'Augusta'.
Class:
Hybrid Rugosa.  
Bloom:
Rose-red.  Strong fragrance.  Medium, semi-double to double, flat bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.  
Growing:
USDA zone 3b and warmer.  Very hardy.  Disease susceptibility: disease resistant.  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
See Comments for statement that this rose is a distant hybrid of R. laxa Retzius.
Named "Augusta" because it blooms freely in August.
 
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