'Gwen Mayor' Rose

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'Gwen Mayor' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Beth's Northern CA Rose Garden

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• COCover
• Gwen Meyer

HMF Ratings:

15 favorite votes.

ARS:

Apricot or apricot blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: COCover
Exhibition name: Gwen Mayor

Origin:

Bred by Anne G. Cocker (1920-2014) (Scotland, 1997).
Introduced in Scotland by James Cocker & Sons in 1997 as 'Gwen Mayor'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Apricot or apricot blend. Strong fragrance. 26 to 40 petals. Average diameter 2.5". Large, full (26-40 petals), high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Height: 30" (75cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Silver Jubilee ® (hybrid tea, Cocker before 1974) × Remember Me ® (hybrid tea, Cocker 1979)

Notes:

The rose is named in memory of the teacher who was killed in March 1996 with several of her pupils by a gunman in Dunblane, Scotland.