The Alexandra Rose

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The Alexandra Rose
Synonyms 'AUSday', 'Alexandra Rose', 'The Alexander Rose'
The Alexandra Rose
group Shrub rose , English rose
breeder David Austin
Launch 1992
ancestry

Cross of
('Shropshire Lass' × 'Shropshire Lass') × 'Heritage'

List of rose varieties

The rose variety 'The Alexandra Rose' (syn. 'AUSday', 'Alexandra Rose', 'The Alexander Rose') is an unfilled, coppery, pale pink, frequent flowering shrub rose with a light yellow center that was introduced by David Austin in Great Britain in 1992 . The rose was bred from the white to light pink ' Shropshire Lass ' , which comes from an Alba rose , and the light pink shrub rose 'Heritage' ('AUSblush'). It belongs to the group of the rose family of the English Alba hydrides.

education

The bushy, upright rose variety forms a robust, compact shrub. The rose plant is about 140 cm high and 120 cm wide. The small, simple flowers , consisting of five to eight petals , bloom in abundance throughout the season. The flowers appear singly or in small clusters on delicate shoots. The delicate pink flowers have a lemon-colored center. After blooming, the yellow stamens become visible in the center of the loosely arranged flower. The rose has lush, matt, shiny foliage. 'The Alexandra Rose' is characterized by a light mochus scent.

The remounting 'The Alexandra Rose' is hardy ( USDA climate zone 5b to 10b). It also thrives in partial shade and blooms continuously all season into autumn and is resistant to the well-known rose diseases.

The rose is suitable for planting borders and cottage gardens . The rose variety is shown in numerous rosariums and gardens around the world, including the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Denver Botanic Garden, the Jardin Botanique de Montreal , the Alnwick Garden and the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden.

Naming

The rose was named after Alexandra Rose Day , the UK's charitable fundraiser since 1912 in June.

Awards

  • Twin Cities Rose Club Show (2000)
  • Gateway Rose Society Show (2001)

See also

Literature (selection)

  • Peter Beales et al. a .: Rosen Enzyklopädie , Könemann, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-8290-1954-8 , p. 589
  • Clair G. Martin: 100 English Roses for the American Garden , Workman Publishing, 1997, ISBN 0-7611-0185-3 , pp. 208f.
  • Penny Martin: Rosen , Könemann, ISBN 3-8331-2009-6 , p. 851
  • David Austin: English roses - tradition and beauty , DuMont, Cologne 1996, ISBN 3-7701-3267-X , p. 131
  • David Austin: Vom Zauber Englischer Rosen , BLV Verlagsgesellschaft, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-405-15770-6

Web links

Commons : Category: Rosa 'The Alexandra Rose'  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rose (Rosa 'The Alexandra Rose') in the Roses Database (National Gardening Association). Retrieved January 27, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ 'The Alexandra Rose'. Retrieved January 26, 2017 (English).
  3. ↑ HelpMeFind: 'Alexandra Rose'. Retrieved January 26, 2017 (English).
  4. ↑ HelpMeFind: 'The Alexandra Rose' gardens. Retrieved January 26, 2017 (English).