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'Duchess of Portland '.   Click a photo to enlarge it.  back to list

synonyms: 'Duchesse de Portland', 'Portland Rose', Rosa paestana, Rosa portlandica,
Portland Rose
Ref No: 313
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Portland Rose (close-up)
Ref No: 326
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Portland Rose Mott.
Ref No: 1072
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colour: Purplish Red (old rose)
height: Low Shrub below 2.5 feet (0.75 m)
scent: Medium
introduction: 1700 - 1800
usda zone: Zone 5 (-22ºC/-7.6ºF to -27ºC/-16.6ºF)
flowers: Semi Double
repeat: Repeat Flowering

A Portland rose. Probably introduced in Italy around 1790. The field shot was photographed at Mottisfont Garden Hampshire UK.

Breeder not known, probably first noticed in about 1790.

Some repeat flowering.

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2833 Old Gravenstein Hwy. South Sebastopol
California 95472
USA

Tel: +1 (707) 829-2035
Fax: +1 (707) 829-9516
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