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Rose Cariad
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Characteristics
Main color: Pink
Color: Soft rose pink
Flowering: Repeat flowering
Flower size: Medium
Flower: Double , high-centered to flat , in small clusters
Foliage: Dark green , medium , semi-glossy , leathery
Aroma: Medium, Myrrh
Class: Shrub rose
Sub-class: English rose, Shrub rose
Type: Large shrub
Growth type: Tall, upright
Height: 140 cm
Width: 100 - 125 cm
Description
The flowers resemble camellias, they have soft pink colour and semi double shape, perched on slender, slightly arching stems. The fragrance at first has a strong myrrh character with a hint of tea, which evolves into a spicy musk as the flowers fully open. The plant grows into a large, airy shrub adorned with delicate, grey-green leaves and has excellent disease resistance.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VARIETY
Throughout this specification of the rose variety ‘Cariad’ are the color descriptions are based on the terminology of the The Royal Horticultural Society (London) Colour Chart (2001), except where common terms of color definition are employed. Phenotypic expression may vary with environmental, cultural and climatic conditions, as well as differences in conditions of light and soil.
FLOWER
This rose variety has a recurrent flowering habit. Blooms in flushes from summer until frosts. The number of blooms per plant during the growing season is profuse, but there are too many to count.
Flower bud:
‘Cariad’ has medium sized flower buds, about 2.5 cm long and 1.8 cm in diameter when the petals start to unfurl. The bud form is short and pointed ovoid. When the sepals first divide, the bud color is dark blue pink (Group 67C). When half open, the upper sides of the petals are dark blue pink (Group 67C) and the lower sides of the petals are medium blue pink (Group 68B).
Calyx is star-shaped when fully opened with the sepals folding back over the receptacle, the length is about 4 cm and the diameter is 6.5 cm.
The sepals have a length of about 3 cm and a width of 0.7 cm. The shape of the sepals is lanceolate, the surface texture is downy on the upper surface and rough on the lower surface. The colour on the upper surface is medium brown green (Group 194A) with some dark purple (Group 60C) and on the lower surface is light green (Group 144B) with some dark purple (Group 60C). There are 3 normally appendaged sepals and there are 2 appendaged sepals with hairy edges.
The receptacle is dark brown green (Group 146B) with red-purple (Group 60C), slender, funnel shaped and has a smooth surface. The size of the receptacle is medium, about 1 cm long and about 0.6 cm in diameter.
The peduncle is short, averaging about 6 cm, of a normal strength and has a glandular surface. The colour of the peduncle is dark brown green (Group 146B).
Bloom:
The flowers of ‘Cariad’ are large, the average diameter of the open flower is about 10 cm. At the beggining the flower form is high centered, the flower form flattens as it is fully open. Flowers are double, the number of petals under normal conditions is 26.
iThey are born mostly in clusters of 4 - 6 blooms together having a flat shape. The flowering stem has normal strength,medium sized, and has an average length of about 30 cm and the diameter of about 3 mm.
Colour of the upper sides of the petals is dark blue pink (Group 68A) and the reverse sides of the petals are medium blue pink (Group 68B), the base of the petals has a green-yellow spot (Group 1C). The variegation is not observed on the flowers of this rose variety under normal growing conditions.
The general tonality at the end of the first day is dark blue pink (Group 68A), at the end of the third day the general tonality does not change, remaining dark blue pink (Group 68A). Thereafter color fades slightly to dark blue pink (Group 68C).
Petals:
The texture and the surface of the petals is smooth; the shape of the petals is obovate, the margins are entire. The apex is rounded and the base of the petals is obcordate, tips slightly recurved. Average length of the petals is about 5 cm and the width is about 3.8 cm. The arrangement of the petals is informal.
Normally there are few petaloids present in the center of the flowers, 7 on average. They have dark blue pink colour (Group 68A), and variable size, of about 10 - 30 mm in length and of about 5 to 16 mm in diameter. The shape of petaloids is curled ovate, “half-petal” shape, with mostly entire margins.
The petals of this rose variety drop off cleanly before drying. Under normal climate conditions the petals last on the plant for about 5 days, as a cut flower their lastingness has not been tested.
Fragrance:
The fragrance is moderate, with prominent myrrh character and intense hints of spicy musk.
Reproductive parts:
The number of stamens is 120 on average per flower, the length is about 1 cm, they are regularly arranged around the styles.
The anthers are of about 3 mm long and medium yellow orange in colour (Group 15C).
The colour of the filaments is medium yellow orange (Group 15B), their length is 9 mm on average.
The pollen is medium yellow orange (Group 15C).
The number of pistils is 15 on average, they are about 4 mm long.
The colour of the styles is light green (Group 157C) and are about 3 mm long.
Stigma are about 1 mm long and are light green (Group 157C).
The hips of this rose variety have not been observed yet.
PLANT
The rose variety ‘Cariad’ is classified as a Shrub rose and is a part of David Austin’s English Shrub roses subclass. The large, upright and branching plant with very long and strong branches. Mature and well-established plant has a height of about 140 cm and a width of about 100 - 125 cm. Phenotypic expression may vary with environmental, cultural and climatic conditions, as well as differences in conditions of light and soil.
Foliage:
There is abundant foliage on the plants of this rose variety. The number of leaflets on normal mid-stem leaves is 5 on average. The average flowering stem has about 10 leaves. The foliage is medium sized, about 13 cm long and about 8 cm wide.
The colour of the juvenile foliage on the upper side is dark purple red (Group 59A) tinged with dark brown green (Group 146A) while the lower side is dark purple red (Group 59A) tinged with dark brown green (Group 146A). The mature foliage on the upper side is dark green (Group 137A) and on the lower side is medium brown green (Group 147B).
Leaflets:
The size of the leaflets is about 4.4 cm long and are about 2.8 cm wide. The shape of the leaflets is broadly oval, the shape of the leaflet tip is cuspidate and the base shape is obtuse. The surface texture of the leaflets is smooth, leathery, semi-glossy. The edges are serrated, the type of serration is single and medium.
The petiole has medium green colour (Group 143A ) marked with dark purple red (Group 59A), the length is variable from 2.5 to 4.5 cm and about 2 mm in diameter, and has a smooth surface texture. The petiole rachis is medium green (Group 143A) marked with dark purple red (Group 59A) and is rough with some prickles on the underside.
the stipules are about 3 cm long, have a glandular and hairy surface, and their colour is medium green (Group 143B).
The article is narrow, sword-shaped, has a length of about 7 to 13 mm and about 1.5 mm wide. The colour of the auricle is medium green (Group 143B).
The stipules are 2.5 cm long, have glandular surface and medium brown green colour (Group 146C).
The veins have dark green (Group 137A), the venation pattern is reticulate.
Wood:
The new wood of this rose variety has dark purple red colour (Group 59A), the bark is smooth. The mature wood is medium green (Group 143A), the bark remains smooth. The number of lateral branches is 7 on average, they have a length of about 75 cm and the diameter is 6 mm on average.
Stems:
The mature stem has an average length of about 80 cm and the diameter of 6 mm, the internode distance is 8 cm. The stem pubescence is absent on the stems of this rose variety. The above measurements are all variable, depending on growing conditions in a season.
Prickles:
The number of prickles is ordinary on the main canes from base, about 6 per 10 cm of the stem length. On the laterals from main canes there are an ordinary number of prickles, about 10 per 10 cm of the stem length. The shape of the prickles is deep concave, the length is about 8 mm. There are smaller prickles near the top of the plant, although shape and form remain the same. The colour of the young prickles is dark purple red (Group 59A); the mature prickles have light yellow orange colour (Group 20D).
Small prickles:
There is an ordinary quantity of small prickles on the main canes and on the laterals from the main canes of this rose variety, about 10 per 10 cm of the stem length. The young small prickles have dark purple red colour (Group 59A) and the colour of the mature small prickles is light yellow orange (Group 20D).
Disease resistance:
The rose has good resistance to most common rose diseases, in particular it is resistant to mildew, blackspot and rust under normal growing conditions. The pest resistance has not been tested yet.
Rose variety is recommended for growing in climate conditions similar to USDA 5 and requires winter protection in more colder climates.
Name origin
The name ‘Cariad’ is a Welsh term of endearment, which means ‘love’ or ‘beloved’.
Rose Series
English Shrub Roses
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Parentage
ORIGIN OF THE VARIETY
Rose variety ‘Auspanier’ / ‘Cariad’ originated by David Austin by crossing an unnamed, unpatented seedling with an unnamed, unpatented seedling.
BACKGROUND OF THE VARIETY
The primary objective of this rose variety breeding was to create a variety of rose which is a large airy shrub with dainty, grey-green foliage; flowers that are held on thin, wiry stems with a soft rose pink and semi-double form that open to provide a camellia-like bloom and that have a predominately myrrh fragrance; and a growth that has excellent disease resistance.
SUMMARY OF THE VARIETY
The objective was achieved, along with other important improvements, and this rose variety incorporated the following unique combination of characteristics:
dainty foliage;
blooms of soft rose pink with a semi-double form; and
a large airy shrub.
Asexual reproduction of this variety by budding showed that the foregoing and all other characteristics and distinctions came true to form, established and transmitted through the succeeding propagations.
COMPARISON WITH PARENTS
The qualities of the parents are unknown.
COMPARISON WITH THE CLOSEST COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE CULTIVAR
The most similar rose cultivars to the ‘Auspanier’ / ‘Cariad’ is the ‘Ausoscar’ / “The Lady's Blush”. ‘Auspanier’ / ‘Cariad’ may be distinguished from the ‘Ausoscar’ / “The Lady's Blush” variety by the following combination of characteristics:
the ‘Ausoscar’ / “The Lady's Blush” shows a red ring around the stamens where the stamens attached to the calyx and there is a cream-colored area in the basal zone of the petals, whereas there are no such rings on the ‘Auspanier’ / ‘Cariad’, and the petals of ‘Auspanier’ / ‘Cariad’ are a slightly deeper, more uniform pink,
In addition, ‘Ausoscar’ / “The Lady's Blush” also has more smaller, linear prickles, whereas the prickles on ‘Auspanier’ / ‘Cariad’ are deep concave.
Climate zones
USDA 5
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Published Sept. 24, 2024, 10:41 a.m. by rosesabc_admin
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