Robin Hood rose
From International Robin Hood Bibliography
Plant name | |
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Folk name | Robin Hood rose |
Binomial name | Rosa moschata |
First recorded | 1927 |
Used where | England, and perhaps widespread in the Western World |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-06-21. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-05-08. Photo by 'Onewish1' (Allison), user of the National Gardening Association website.
The Robin Hood rose is a variety of musk rose introduced in 1927 by the well-known English rosarian or rose breeder Joseph Pemberton (1852–1926).[1] This variety of musk rose forms a large spreading shrub bearing dense clusters of very small (c. 1.5 cm ⌀) cherry red blooms. It reaches a height of c. 120 cm and a width of c. 150 cm. Its foliage is dark green and small, while its blooms are bright cherry red, darkening with age.
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