Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: Globular
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Light pink
Class: Hybrid tea
Extra Color Info: Light pink, with medium pink reverse
Growth Habit: Medium tall, 4-5 feet, upright
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: John Cook & Son, 1908
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 6 and warmer

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)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6b -20.6 °C (-5 °F) to -17.8 °C (0 °F)
Plant Height: 4-5 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 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
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: Enchanter x Cardinal
Child plants: 4 child plants

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Radiance'
  • 'Pink Radiance'

Common names
  • Rose

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Date: c. 1927
from the 1927 catalog, Riverdale Nurseries, West Springfield, Mas

Date: 2009-10-30
Photo courtesy Antique Rose Emporium. Used with permission.
Comments:
  • Posted by Calif_Sue (Sebastopol, CA - Zone 9a) on Feb 11, 2013 8:01 PM concerning plant:
    Noted by Antique Rose Emporium:
    "Often called ‘Pink Radiance’, to distinguish it from its darker sport, this large, cupped, soft pink bloom of about 23 petals is a famous rose that your grandmother is sure to remember. A very healthy bush, ‘Radiance’ is tolerant of poor conditions when it has become established. Our cuttings came from the garden of an 1871 house in Navasota, Texas, where the present owner’s grandmother planted this rose when it was first introduced."

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