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Shrub Roses post 1950
'Captain Samuel Holland'.   Click a photo to enlarge it.  back to list

synonyms: 'Sam Holland', 'Samuel Holland',
Capt Samuel Holland RBGToron
Ref No: 3601
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colour: Bright Red
height: Shrub above 5 feet (1.5 m)
scent: Slight or No Scent
introduction: 1986 - 1995
usda zone: Zone 3 (-33ºC/-27.4ºF to -36ºC/-32.8ºF)
flowers: Fully Double
repeat: Repeat Flowering

An explorer series rose bred by Ogilvie and introduced in 1992. A low trailing climber. . Samuel Holland was appointed Surveyor-General of Quebec and northern North America and carried out the first surveys of Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton in 1765-67.

This rose originated from a cross between two of Dr. Svejda's breeding lines, both of which are derived from R. kordesii, 'Red Dawn' and 'Suzanne'.

Zone 3, will survive down to –35°C. The photographs have been supplied by Morden Research Station, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada.

Availability

'Captain Samuel Holland' is available from the following nurseries:

Corn Hill Nursery Ltd -Canada
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