Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Petal count: very full: 40+ petals
Rose bloom color: Pink blend
Rebloom: Good
Class: Tea
Extra Color Info: Dark pink with copper shading, purple reverse
Growth Habit: Tall, 5-7 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Moderate
Misc: Thornless or almost thornless
Hybridizer & year: Gilbert Nabonnand, 1878

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 5-7 feet
Plant Spread: 3-5 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Child plants: one child plant

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'General Schablikine'
  • 'Vestey's Pink Tea'

Common names
  • Rose
Also sold as:
  • Général Schablikine

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Location: New Zealand
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2013-10-06
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2016-10-28
Location: New Zealand
Date: 2014-10-17

San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, CA.

San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, CA.

San Jose Heritage Rose Garden, CA.
Photo by zuzu
Comments:
  • Posted by Calif_Sue (Sebastopol, CA - Zone 9a) on Feb 10, 2013 11:54 PM concerning plant:
    Noted by Antique Rose Emporium:
    "This lovely old Tea has very double, fragrant flowers of copper-red shaded with cherry that open from rather long buds to nearly flats. A sturdy plant with plenty of foliage, ideal in a hedge or as a specimen."

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