'Edith Bellenden' Rose

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'Edith Bellenden' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Kamila Rakowska-Szlazkiewicz Rosaplant

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

13 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium pink.
Registration name: Edith Bellenden

Origin:

Bred by Lord Penzance (United Kingdom, 1895).
Introduced in Australia by George Brunning - St. Kilda Nurseries in 1904 as 'Edith Bellenden'.

Class:

Hybrid Rubiginosa.

Bloom:

Light pink. Moderate fragrance. Medium, single to semi-double, cluster-flowered bloom form. Once-blooming spring or summer.

Habit:

Arching, climbing. Medium, glossy, dark green, fragrant foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.

Height: 6'7" to 9'10" (200 to 300cm). Width: 6' (185cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Vigorous.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Rosa rubiginosa subvar. consanguinea (Gren.) R. Keller × Rosa foetida Herrm.

Notes:

Foliage is fragrant... sets hips
Different opinions on parentage - see References.
Edith Bellenden is a character in Sir Walter Scott's novel "Old Mortality" (1816).