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'Lichfield Angel' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Jean Marion
HMF Ratings:
56 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT-.
ARS:
White, near white or white blend Shrub. Registration name: AUSrelateExhibition name: Lichfield Angel
Class:
Shrub. (Series: English Rose Collection)
Bloom:
Peach - pink, ages to cream . None to mild, clove fragrance. 95 to 110 petals. Average diameter 3.5". Medium to large, very full (41+ petals), in small clusters, cupped, old-fashioned, rosette, scalloped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Pointed, ovoid buds.
Habit:
Medium, bushy, rounded. Medium, semi-glossy, medium green foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.
Height: up to 47" (up to 120cm). Width: up to 39" (up to 100cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden. Protect tender new spring growth from hard freezes that may cause canker, die-back and death of the plant. . Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom. Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that. Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood..
Patents:
Australia - Patent No: AU4259P on 25 May 2011 Application No: 2009/033 on 6 Mar 2009 VIEW PBR PATENT‘unnamed seedling’ x ‘unnamed seedling’ in 1998. The 8 chosen best were grafted onto Lax root-stock outdoors in July 1999. In 2000, the variety was selected and increasingly multiplied upto 2005. Commercial introduction and sales took place in UK in 2006. Breeder, David Austin, UK.
First sold in UK in May 2006. European Union - Patent on 2006 United Kingdom - Patent on 2007 United States - Patent No: PP 18,702 on 1 Apr 2008 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 11/635,429 on 6 Dec 2006
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