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Rose de ReschtSyn:
ARS
Rating:
8.9 Class: Damask
by ARS / Portland Date:
1950 introduced into
cultivation Breeder:
Blooms:
Very Double. The blooms are
rounded and shaped like camellia flowers.
They generally form in tight clusters or bunches and are held close to the
foliage on short necks. They are 1.5 inches across. Bloom
Frequency:
Continual bloom. Color:
Deep pink. The color tends more towards fuchsia-red with hints of
purple and can sometimes be paler if the sun is hot. Fragrance:
Fragrant. Thorns:
Has thorns. Approximate
Height:
3’ x 3’ Description
and Care:
A small, tidy bush. This may
be an ancient Damask-China cross. It has dark green wood with a few stubby
thorns. The foliage is profuse, dark grayish-green and rounded. It does not
require pruning. History:
Introduced into cultivation in 1950 by Nancy Lindsay.
She described its discovery as follows.
“Happened on it in an old Persian garden in ancient Resht, tribute of
the tea caravans plodding Persia-wards from China over the Central Asian
Steppes; it is a sturdy yard-high
bush of glazed lizard green, perpetually emblazoned with full camellia flowers
of pigeon’s blood ruby, irised with royal purple, haloed with dragon sepals
like the painted blooms on Oriental faience.” Comments:
This is an extremely easy rose to grow and well-suited to organic
gardening methods. |
