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"Janet’s Red Letter Day" rose Description
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Bloom:
Crimson, lighter reverse.
Habit:
Small, dark green foliage.
Height: up to 5' (up to 150cm).
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
Patricia Routley reported in 2014.
n Tasmania recently, I saw a named bush of ‘Red-Letter Day’ that a mother (or grand-mother) planted many decades ago. This was a tall bush (5 feet?) with green wood and some thorns. The foliage was dark and small with impressed veins. The one open bloom was crimson with a whitish or light reverse. They seemed to be mostly solitary but there was some clustering. There was a very prickly or sandpaper feel to the pedicel and receptacle. The small receptacle was long.. There were no hips visible but the sepals were retained on the receptacles. New growth was brown, not red.
Does anyone else know if this clone sets hips? ‘Red-Letter Day’ was said to be a prolific seed-setter (1924 reference). And did anyone smell this clone? ‘Red-Letter Day’ was said to have no fragrance (1922, 1924, 1925 refs).
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