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'Baxter Beauty' rose Description
'Baxter Beauty' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Margaret Furness
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
12 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Apricot or apricot blend Tea, Cl..
Origin:
Discovered by Russell Grimwade (Australia, before 1938).
Introduced in Australia by T. G. Stewart in 1941 as 'Baxter Beauty'.
Class:
Hybrid Gigantea, Shrub, Tea.  
Bloom:
Light yellow to sulphur, overlaid on the outside of petals with splashes of light salmon pink..  Semi-double (9-16 petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Bushy, upright.  

Height: 6'7" (200cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
'Baxter Beauty' may have been introduced by Rosalton Nursery in Victoria. Refer 1941 reference.

It is not clear from the references whether 'Baxter Beauty' 1938 was a sport of 'Lorraine Lee' 1924 or 'Lorraine Lee Climbing' 1932. The height seems to vary from reference to reference as well.
Members Comments confirm this rose does not climb.
 
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