It has taken 2 years but my Penelope Tea Rose is finally bloomed. Sometimes these tea roses do take some encouragement to get going but once they do they are charming additions to the garden.
Now ‘Penelope’ was introduced into Australia in 1907, this plant I have is a found Rose and it’s been named ‘Penelope’ for study purposes I understand a lot of people won’t care necessarily about this process but it’s an essential thing to at least consider this when growing roses. Firstly this may be the original Penelope there are 3 roses in Australia that are reported to be the true ‘Penelope’ but as we can’t trace the provenance back we are left with a few possibilities and the powers at be who are far more knowledgeable than I have yet to decide what her true name is. Hugo Roller is reported to be one of the plants circulating and Mrs Dudley Cross is another. When I get more of this beautiful rose ready for sale it going to be difficult to know what to call... Rosa Tea ‘Penelope’ but maybe XYZ as well π
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