Rosa 'Mrs. Harkness'
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UK , 1893 |
Rosa 'Mrs. Harkness' (syn. Paul's Early Blush)
The name 'Mrs. Harkness' was given by John Harkness in honour of his mother and introduced by Harkness and Sons in 1893.[4]
'Mrs. Harkness' has large double flowers with a cupped bloom form and 17 to 25 petals and a strong cinnamon fragrance. They are pale pink and appear quite early solitary or in small clusters of up to four flowers on the repeat flowering shrub.[1][4]
The vigorous rose bush grows upright and reaches a height of about 90 to 150 cm (3.0 to 4.9 ft) and 90 cm width. The leaves grow on thick have a dark greyish green colour. 'Mrs. Harkness' tolerates poorer soils,
References
- ^ ISBN 3-88472-646-3.
- ISBN 978-3-8310-1734-8.
- ^ ISBN 3-8320-8736-2.
- ^ a b "Mrs. Harkness". HelpMeFind. Retrieved 2014-09-19.