Old Rose
Colors
PinkOrangeWhite
Description
A heritage cultivar available in multiple forms. Dwarf white with burnt orange center. Strong old heritage rose scent throughout. Fast grower with flowers for protracted period. Long, thin grower requiring full sun and not semi-shade. Remarkable perfume like old English roses. Deep ruby red form shows solid dark ruby red with scarlet to orange throat. Petal shape fairly wide, highly overlapped, curls at sides making pointed tip. Early flowering. Tree is fast grower, multi-brancher, though trunk is thin. Old English cottage garden scent. Tall grower. Deep yellow center with white petals having deep maroon stripe on back. Narrow twisting and curling petals with pointed tips. Mild citrus scent. Amazing twisting and curling petals.
Appearance
Dwarf white with burnt orange center. Deep ruby red with scarlet to orange throat in some forms. Wide, overlapped petals curling at sides. Pointed tips. Deep yellow center with white and maroon stripe on back in other forms. Narrow twisting and curling petals.
Bloom
Flowers for protracted period. Early flowering.
Fragrance
Strong old heritage rose scent. Remarkable perfume like old English roses. Old English cottage garden scent. Mild citrus scent.
Growth & Foliage
Fast grower. Multi-brancher, though trunk is thin. Long, thin grower. Tall grower.
Cultivation Tips
Needs full sun all day. Don't put in semi-shade.
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Details
Growth Habit
dwarf
Species
P. rubra
Sets Seed
No
Source
Thai
Anecdotal Notes
Diana
dwarf white with burnt orange center, round petals
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