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| Line 393-99 | |
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Line 393-99 is an upright winter-hardy
shrub with flowers of velvety wine red, lightening to a bright red, and then
white towards the center of the flower. The color first fades to fire red and then to an orange-red interspersed with white. The canes are almost completely free of prickles. |
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| Description | |
| Growth habit: | Upright to 30 inches (75 cm) and 25 inches (64cm) wide |
| Flower color: | Velvet wine red with white towards the center |
| Fragrance: | Slight |
| Floral characteristics: | 3 inches (7.5cm) in diameter, clusters of 4 to 5 with about 20 to 30 petals |
| Bud characteristics: | Burgundy-white |
| Foliage: | Abundant, deep green with some red |
| Leaf shape: | Ovate, acuminate and dentate |
| Performance | |
| Location: | Observed for 6 years at Green Valley, Ontario, Canada |
| Hardiness zone: | Canadian plant hardiness zone 5 or USDA zone 4 |
| Protection: | Winter snow |
| Winter injury: | To the snow line |
| Flowering: | June to September with recurrent flowering |
| Diseases: | Highly resistant to powdery mildew and good to very good resistance to black spot |
| Propagation: | Easily propagated from softwood cuttings and grows well on its own roots |