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Rosa 'Great Maiden's Blush'
(Rose 'Maiden's Blush')

Family - Rosaceae
Category - Rose
Origin - Britain
Year of Introduction - around 1550, possibly earlier
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H6
Height - 1.8m or more
Width - 1.2m or more

Description: An Alba rose with an upright, bushy habit and arching branches. Blue-green, pinnate leaves have ovate to oval leaflets with finely toothed margins. Fully double, cupped-rose flowers are blush pink and become paler with age. The Blooms are highly fragrant and produced in clusters in one strong flush in midsummer. The flowers are followed by orange hips. Excellent for use as cut flowers.

Synonyms include - Rosa 'Maiden's Blush', R. 'Cuisse de Nymphe'

Flower:

Fully double, cupped-rose flowers are blush pink and become paler with age. The blooms are highly fragrant and produced in clusters in one strong flush in June and July. The flowers are followed by orange hips.

Flower colour: Pink

Flower shape: Cupped-rose flowers in clusters

Flowering time: June, July

Foliage:

Blue-green, pinnate leaves have ovate to oval leaflets with serrate margins. The leaves are Alternately arranged on upright stems with few prickles.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Pinnate with ovate to oval leaflets

Propagation:

Cuttings, grafting.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.