'Red Damask' Rose

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'Red Damask' rose Description

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Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Damas ordinaire
• Damascenerrose
• Damask Rose
• Double Red Damask Rose
• Gul-i Muhammadi
• R. calendarum
• Rosa calendarum Münchh. ex Borkh. SYNONYM
• R. damascena
• Rosa damascena Mill.
• R. gallica damascena
• Rosa gallica var. damascena synonym
• R. X damascena
• Rosa X damascena Mill.
• Rosier de Damas
• Summer Damask

HMF Ratings:

82 favorite votes.

ARS:

Light pink Damask.
Registration name: Summer Damask
Exhibition name: R. calendarum

Origin:

Bred by Unknown (before 1455).
Introduced in Australia by Tasmania Botanical Gardens in 1859 as 'R. damascena'.

Class:

Damask.

Bloom:

Pink. Strong, damask, sweet fragrance. Average diameter 2.5". Medium, semi-double to double, borne mostly solitary, in small clusters bloom form. Once-blooming spring or summer. Long sepals buds.

Habit:

Arching, armed with thorns / prickles, bushy, spreading. Grey-green foliage. 5 leaflets.

Height: 5' to 6' (150 to 185cm). Width: up to 5' (up to 150cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 4b through 9b. Can be used for cut flower, garden or hedge. Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood.. Prune after flowering is finished.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Ploidy:

Tetraploid

Parentage:

seed:	Rosa moschata Herrm. × Rosa gallica L.
pollen:	Rosa fedtschenkoana Regel

Notes:

Rosa x damascena Mill. Gard. dict. ed. 8. Rose no.15: 1768.
Recent research in Japan indicates that both summer and autumn damask roses originated with (R. gallica X R. moschata) X R. fedtschenkoana. Gene, Vol. 259, Issues 1-2, 23 December 2000, Pages 53-59.
Rosa belgica Mill. is today seen by botanists as a synonym of Rosa x damascena Mill. However, the descriptions of Miller are quite different re habit, number of leaflets, fragrance, sepals, bloom form. It is probable Belgica was actually a hybrid damask. Modern Roses says it was a alba-canina hybrid.