Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Petal count: very full: 40+ petals
Rose bloom color: Deep pink
Extra Bloom Info: In clusters
Rebloom: Some
Class: Other: Portland
Extra Color Info: Fuchsia-crimson
Growth Habit: Medium, 3-4 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Strong
Misc: Shade tolerant
Hybridizer & year: Unknown, before 1900
Optimal growing zones: USDA zones 4 through 9

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
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: 3-4 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Other: 2007 Great Plants Picks Winner
Parentage: unknown

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Rose de Rescht'
  • 'Rose de Resht'

Common names
  • Portland Rose
  • Rose

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Location: In my collection. Poland.
Location: Germany
Date: 2022-10-12
Location: central New Hampshire
Date: 2006-08-10

Date: 2020-08-31
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Meise Botanical Garden)
Date: 2023-10-16
Location: my garden, Arvada, Colorado
Date: june
Location: Newby Hall, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2018-06-15
Location: Coastal WA 9A
Date: 2023-05-30
Healthy, shade tolerant, beautiful round 4'x3' shrub.
Uploaded by seilMI
Location: Wynyard Hall garden, UK
Date: 2023-06-21
Location: Wynyard Hall garden, UK
Date: 2023-06-21
Location: In my collection. Poland.
Location: Atela Gardens, Alpiarça, 
Date: 2017-04-22
digital camera
Uploaded by kniphofia
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Uploaded by Mike

Date: 2017-06-04

Date: 2021-06-22
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2010-06-26
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2008-07-05
Location: Dean Bond Rose Garden, Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-02
Uploaded by kbw664
Location: Wyck Historic Rose Garden, Philadelphia (Germantown), Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-05-26

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy
Uploaded by robertduval14
Uploaded by ssgardener

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
  • Uploaded by Joy
Uploaded by tabby

Date: 2019-08-02
Uploaded by kniphofia
Location: Washington state, my garden
Date: 2016-10-26
 fall bloom
Location: Dean Bond Rose Garden, Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-02
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2021-06-12

Date: 2013-05-21
One year after transplanting
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Uploaded by DianeSeeds
Location: Germany, Hamburg, Planten un Blomen Park.
Uploaded by zuzu

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: Outside my house
Date: 2005-04-25
Blooms off & on spring through fall. Is very fragrant.
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Date: 2021-06-10
Location: Wyck Historic Rose Garden, Philadelphia (Germantown), Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-05-26

Date: 2008-11-14
Photo courtesy Antique Rose Emporium. Used with permission.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In a public garden
Date: 2013-05-04
Location: In a public garden
Date: 2013-05-04
Uploaded by Mike
Uploaded by Mike
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Location: In my garden. Poland.
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Comments:
  • Posted by Calif_Sue (Sebastopol, CA - Zone 9a) on Feb 11, 2013 8:38 PM concerning plant:
    Noted by Antique Rose Emporium:
    "This exquisitely fragrant rose can easily fill a garden with its perfume. It is best suited as a loosely cascading or rounded shrub to five feet. Companion plantings of blue and white perennials accent this rose's lilac pink flowers well. It has an extended spring bloom. One of the best virtues of this rose, unlike many of the other cold-loving Damasks, is its ability to thrive in the warmer Southern gardens. It is believed to have gotten its name from the Persian city of Rescht."

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