'Sirohi Sunrise ™' Rose

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'Sirohi Sunrise ™' rose Description

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Photo courtesy of Girija and Viru

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Virgiant

HMF Ratings:

10 favorite votes.

ARS:

Orange blend Hybrid Gigantea.
Registration name: Virgiant
Exhibition name: Sirohi Sunrise ™

Origin:

Bred by M.S. Viraraghavan (India, 2005).
Introduced in United States by Roses Unlimited in 2004 as 'Sirohi Sunrise'.

Class:

Climber, Hybrid Gigantea, Shrub.

Bloom:

Orange blend. None to mild fragrance. 26 to 40 petals. Average diameter 5". Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary bloom form. Occasional repeat later in the season.

Habit:

Tall, climbing, upright. Large, glossy, medium green foliage.

Height: up to 8' (up to 245cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for cut flower, garden, landscape or pillar. Prune lightly until this rose gets established (about two years), then prune it back by about a third.. Remove unproductive wood every third year or so.

Breeder's notes:

Mount Sirohi is the mountain peak near the town of Ukhrul in Manipur State in northeast India , on the Burma border, where Sir George Watt discovered the species Rosa gigantea, in 1882, and so did we a hundred years after, in 1990. The mount is at an altitude of about 7000 feet. The mountain itself soars to 15000 feet. Sunrise in that part of the country comes early and is a gorgeous sight. So our first shrub rose in the gigantea strain which had shades of vermillion, orange and brown named itself.
Continuous flowering. the foliage is shining and disease resistant. It is a tall shrub, can be grown as short climber or pillar rose.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

seed:	Brown Velvet
pollen:	Carmosine (hybrid tea, Laperrière, 1995) × Rosa gigantea Collett ex Crépin

Notes:

RNRS 'The Rose' for Autumn/Winter 2006 page 99 states that this rose is a Hybrid Gigantea.
Sirohi Sunrise