'Mary Margaret McBride' Rose

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'Mary Margaret McBride' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Calif Sue

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

17 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

Medium pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Mary Margaret McBride

Origin:

Bred by Jean Henri (J.H.) Nicolas (United States, before 1937).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (Newark, NY) in 1942 as 'Mary Margaret McBride'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1949 as 'Mary Margaret McBride'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Deep pink, salmon-pink shading. Moderate fragrance. 35 to 50 petals. Average diameter 4.5". Large, very full (41+ petals), high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Long, pointed buds.

Habit:

Bushy, upright. Glossy, dark green, leathery foliage.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 537 on 4 Aug 1942 VIEW USPTO PATENT

Ploidy:

Tetraploid

Parentage:

Sunkist (hybrid tea, Hill, 1932) × Olympiad (hybrid tea, Pernet-Ducher, 1931)

Notes:

Mary Margaret McBride (November 16, 1899 Paris, Miss. - April 7, 1976 West Shokan, N.Y.), American radio interview host ("First Lady of Radio")