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'Octavia Hill' rose Description
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'Octavia Hill (Floribunda, Harkness, 1995)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Sue The Rose Lover's Garden (Roselvr)
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
37 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Medium pink Floribunda.
Registration name: HARzeal
Exhibition name: Octavia Hill
Origin:
Bred by Harkness & Co. (United Kingdom, before 1994).
Introduced in United Kingdom by R Harkness & Co. Ltd. in 1994 as 'Octavia Hill'.
Class:
Floribunda, Shrub.  
Bloom:
Light pink to pink.  Moderate, damask fragrance.  75 petals.  Average diameter 3.25".  Large, very full (41+ petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, flat to cupped, quartered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy.  Medium, semi-glossy, dark green foliage.  

Height: 39" to 5' (100 to 150cm).  Width: 28" to 4' (70 to 120cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for cut flower or garden.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  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.  
Patents:
European Union - Patent No: 1526  on  16 Dec 1996
Application No: 95/0510
Holder: Harkness New Roses Ltd. Denomination approved: HARZEAL.
First commercialisation in EU: May 1, 1995.
Expiry of protection on 31/12/2021.
Notes:
Arena Rose Co.'s Catalog 2000 says Octavia Hill produces old-fashioned, quartered blooms of clear pink...
 
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