'Wasagaming' Rose

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'Wasagaming' rose Description

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Photo courtesy of Rosarium M.Kralka

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

42 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT.

ARS:

Medium pink Hybrid Rugosa.

Origin:

Bred by Dr. Frank Leith Skinner (Canada, 1939).

Class:

Hybrid Rugosa.

Bloom:

Pink. Strong fragrance. 36 petals. Full (26-40 petals), cupped bloom form. Occasional repeat later in the season.

Habit:

Height: 5' to 6' (150 to 185cm). Width: 5' to 6' (150 to 185cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 3b and warmer. Blooms tend to ball in wet weather.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Ploidy:

Diploid

Parentage:

seed:	Rosa rugosa Thunb. × Rosa acicularis Lindl.
pollen:	Gruss an Teplitz

Notes:

See References for alternate date of introduction, 1938.

There is a very good chance that Skinner used the R. woodsii native to his area of Manitoba rather than, as he thought, R. acicularis. Olsen suggests, on the basis of ploidy and location, that Skinner's hybrids attributed to R. acicularis were probably derived from R. woodsii rather than R. acicularis. R. woodsii is much more common than R. acicularis in the Dropmore, MB area where Skinner was breeding roses (Rose Hybridizers Association Newsletter, Spring 2010, p. 6).