Rose Garland
Because this was a “reverse cross”, using “lobata of Perry” as the female parent, Saunders questioned in his notebook if ‘Rose Garland’ resulted from selfing rather than outcrossing to a lactiflora.
Lower photo taken in a friend’s garden.
| Cultivar: | Rose Garland |
| Year Registered: | 1943 |
| Seedling No: | 14219. Pages 22r & 53 of Saunders’ Notebook I |
| Parentage: | 7A: “lobata of Perry” X single flowered lactiflora (or selfed?) |
| Flower: | Color: | rose pink with white flares |
| Form: | single, cupped, 2 rows of about 10 petals, slightly crinkled | |
| Blooms: | Week 5 | |
| Carpels: | 2-4, green, very slightly woolly | |
| Stigmas: | rose pink | |
| Disc: | white | |
| Stamens: | light yellow | |
| Plant: | Habit: | upright |
| Foliage color: | medium bright green | |
| Foliage form: | leaves lobed | |
| Height: | listed as dwarf, 28″ in 2021 | |
| Recommendation: | Recommended |
| Availability: | Several specialty nurseries |
