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'Woburn Abbey' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Yankee Doodle Stevie
HMF Ratings:
12 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT.
ARS:
Orange blend Floribunda.
Registration name: Woburn Abbey
Bloom:
Orange, lighter reverse, yellow undertones. Moderate, tea rose fragrance. 25 petals. Average diameter 3.5". Medium to large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, cupped, reflexed bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Medium, ovoid buds.
Habit:
Upright. Dark green, leathery foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.
Height: up to 3' (up to 90cm). Width: up to 2' (up to 60cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 2,319 on 26 Nov 1963 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 229,512 on 9 Oct 1962 Rose Plant Alfred Cobley, Earl Shilton, England, assignor to Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, N.Y., a corporation of New York.
...rose plant of the floribunda class, which was originated by me by crossing the floribunda variety known as "Masquerade" (U.S. Plant Patent No. 975) with the floribunda variety known as "Fashion" (U.S. Plant Patent Np. 789).
Notes:
Melville Nurseries says Woburn Abbey has double blooms of coppery orange to golden yellow...
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