'Colin Kelly' Rose

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'Colin Kelly' rose Description

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Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

7 favorite votes.

ARS:

Deep pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Colin Kelly

Origin:

Bred by Alfred Krebs (United States, 1945).
Introduced in United States by Marsh's Nursery in 1945 as 'Colin Kelly'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Geranium-red, scarlet blending. Strong fragrance. Large, double (17-25 petals), cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Pointed buds.

Habit:

Armed with thorns / prickles. Semi-glossy foliage.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b and warmer. Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 752 on 19 Aug 1947 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 643,542 on 26 Jan 1946

This invention relates to a new and distinctive variety of rose which has as its parentage the E. G. Hill rose crossed with the Queen Alexandria rose.

Parentage:

E. G. Hill × The Queen Alexandra Rose (hybrid tea, McGredy 1918)

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