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'Albertan' rose Description
'Albertan' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Margit Schowalter
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
7 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Medium pink Shrub.
Origin:
Bred by Robert Mackay Erskine (Canada, circa 1962).
Class:
Shrub, Species / Wild.  
Bloom:
Pink.  15 to 18 petals.  Average diameter 2".  Semi-double (9-16 petals) bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.  
Habit:
Armed with thorns / prickles.  7 to 9 leaflets.  

Height: 39" to 47" (100 to 120cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 2b through 9b.  Very hardy.  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
Possibly Athabasca x R. woodsii, according to Sheila Holmes.

open pollinated seedling of 'Athabasca' (R. macounii) R. Erskine pers. Corresp. To W. Schowalter 3/26/65) {Elliott/Pittao database}
 
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