'AC Navy Lady' Rose

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'AC Navy Lady' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Napalm

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Navy Lady
• ST03H003-02

HMF Ratings:

11 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD.

ARS:

Dark red Shrub.
Exhibition name: Navy Lady

Origin:

Bred by Claude Richer (Canada, 2003).
Introduced in Canada by J.C. Bakker and Sons Limited in 2010 as 'Navy Lady'.

Class:

Shrub.

Bloom:

Red to dark red. Bud colour is very dark red, almost black red.. Mild, rose fragrance. up to 24 petals. Average diameter 2.5". Medium, double (17-25 petals), in small clusters, high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Medium, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Compact, rounded. Medium, glossy, grey-green foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.

Height: 20" to 26" (50 to 65cm). Width: up to 39" (up to 100cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 4b through 9a. Vigorous. Disease susceptibility: blackspot resistant, very mildew resistant, very rust resistant.

Patents:

Canada - Patent No: 4277 on 22 Feb 2012
Application No: 09-6617 on 22 Apr 2009

Breeder: Claude Richer, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec; Campbell Davidson, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current, Saskatchewan
The variety 'Navy Lady' originated from a controlled cross made at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Station in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec in 2003. The female parent was the variety 'Fourth of July' and the male parent was the variety 'Astrid Lindgren'.

United States - Patent No: PP 23,288 on 2013 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 12/799,312 on 22 Apr 2010

Inventors: Richer; Claude (Saint-Felix-de-Valois, CA)
Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada as Represented by The Minister of Agriculture and Agrifoods (Alberta, CA)
The new variety of shrub rose, ‘Navy Lady’ was selected by the Inventor among seedlings derived from a cross made in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada in 2003 between the female parent, ‘Fourth of July’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,518) and the male parent, ‘Astrid Lindgren’ (not patented). ‘Navy Lady’, designated as seedling no. ST03H003-02, was planted in the field in 2004, and selected and advanced to additional trials until 2008, when it was selected by the Inventor as a single unique plant with distinct characteristics.

Parentage:

Fourth of July × Astrid Lindgren

Notes:

John Bakker, General Manager of J.C. Bakker Nurseries, reports, "Early season colour is a bright red and later season colour is darker red from our experience."