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'Amaravathi Nymph™' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Kim Rupert
Class:
China / Bengale, Hybrid Clinophylla, Shrub.
Bloom:
Light pink. Spice fragrance. Average diameter 3.5". Medium, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, open, quilled, rounded bloom form. Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season. Medium buds.
Habit:
Short, compact, few or no prickles/thorns. Medium, matte, medium green foliage.
Breeder's notes:
The latest in the Nymph Series
The Nymph Series
A new race of China roses has been created by combining the heritage of one of the most significant of China roses from China – ‘The Rose of the Temple of Ten Thousand Camellias’ – with the genes of Rosa clinophylla , which is perhaps the world’s only tropical rose species. We may add that using this tropical rose species in rose breeding, never before attempted, is exceedingly relevant in a warming world. One of the most important results of bringing in new species is that we get very interesting changes, both in flower form and in fragrance in these new lines.
Our Nymph series, beginning with Ganges Nymph, and continuing with many more, is a dramatic illustration of the possibilities of this type of rose breeding. The series are all typically China roses in growth habit and foliage. They also retain the characteristic feature of China roses of the colour deepening with age. But what is new now is the flower form- the quilled petals , sometimes almost resembling a chrysanthemum, of these roses, as well as a distinctive fragrance .
And all of these roses have an aura of impishness, a frolicky naughtiness that one usually attributes to a nymph!! Hopefully, the Nymph series will also be good roses for warm climates. In this series, starting with ‘Ganges Nymph’, we have ‘Vaigai Nymph’, ‘Pennar Nymph’, ‘Bhavani Nymph’ and ‘Narmada Nymph’, all named for rivers in India. And now we Add ‘Amaravathi Nymph’ .
The River Amaravathi is the longest tributary of the historic River Kaveri ( Cauvery) of southern India, which empties into the Bay of Bengal and which has been the inspiration for many well known songs, poems, stories and novels. The Amaravathi River gets its water from the surrounding Nilgiri and palni Mountains of the Western Ghat Range of southern peninsular India on its west coast.
A small shrub with few prickles and medium sized, pointed, medium green, matte, China-like foliage.
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
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