'Summer Wind' Rose

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'Summer Wind' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Rozanna Tamplin's Garden

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

19 favorite votes.

ARS:

Orange-pink Shrub.
Registration name: Summer Wind

Origin:

Bred by Dr. Griffith J. Buck (United States, 1975).

Class:

Shrub. (Series: Buck Roses Collection)

Bloom:

Orange-pink. Clove, spice fragrance. Average diameter 4". Single (4-8 petals) bloom form. Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.

Habit:

Bushy, upright. Dark green foliage.

Height: 3' (90cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 4b and warmer. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Ploidy:

Tetraploid

Parentage:

seed:	Fandango (hybrid tea, Swim, 1950) × Florence Mary Morse
pollen:	Applejack (shrub, Buck, 1962/73)

Notes:

Has orange hips. Good for specimen shrub or mass plantings. The color is more of "watermelon pink" than orange pink in East Texas