Family : Rosaceae
Class : Climbing Rose
Text and pictures © Giuseppe Mazza
English translation by Peter Thompson
Known also as ‘Compassion’, it is a climbing Hybrid Tea which easily surpasses 4 m in height.
Created in England in 1972 by Harkness, it boasts 36-40 very perfumed salmon pink petals.
Parentage :
‘White Cockade’ × ‘Prima Ballerina’
Awards :
1973 - Baden-Baden Gold Medal
1973 - Royal National Rose Society : Edland Fragrance Medal
1976 - Anerkannte Deutsche Rose
1979 - Geneva Gold Medal
1979 - Orleans Gold Medal
1999 - Canadian Rose Society National Rose Show : The Harkness Cup
2000 - Climber : Millen Rose Society - Tri-City Rose Society
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