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• The French Strumpet

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Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  

Discovered by Merrill Hulse (United States, circa 2002).

Hybrid Gallica.  

Deep pink.  Mild fragrance.  up to 25 petals.  Average diameter 2".  Small to medium, double (17-25 petals), cluster-flowered, flat to cupped, old-fashioned bloom form.  Prolific, once-blooming spring or summer.  Medium, ovoid buds.  

Medium, arching, dense, sends out runners, spreading.  Medium, matte, medium green, leathery foliage.  5 leaflets.  

Height: up to 5'10" (up to 180cm).  Width: up to 6' (up to 185cm).

USDA zone 6b through 10b.  Can be used for garden, landscape, shrub or specimen.  Very vigorous.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant, very blackspot resistant., very mildew resistant, very rust resistant.  Needs little care; relatively disease-free and quite hardy.  

Adventitious seedling on the front berm of the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden.

If you know the parentage of this rose, or other details, please contact us.

The name was suggested by foliage that is strongly galica in character tipped with blooms that suggest a cross of many Heritage Rose Garden classes, both modern and ancient!