| Explorer Series Shrub Rose "Frontenac" |
| Bred from two breeding lines (( Queen Elizabeth x Arthur Bell) x (Double Red Simonet x Von Scharnhorst)) x Felix Leclerc - [Svejda]; and ('Queen Elizabeth' x 'Arthur Bell') x ('Simonet Red' x Von Scharnhorst')) x ((R. kordesii x ('Red Dawn' x 'Suzanne') x ('Red Dawn' x 'Suzanne'))) - [MR12] |
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| Released from Agriculture Canada in L'assumption Quebec in 1993 The very winter hardy shrub rose is probably the best repeat blooming rose of the Explorer Series. It has clusters of 3.5" deep pink semi-double (25 petals) flowers. As the petals age they turn into a silver pink. Frontenac soes not have much fragrance but it makes up for it in blooms all summer into late fall. Disease resistancy is excellent. For it to really shine it requires full sun and ample amounts of water and fertilizer or a minimum of good rich soil topped up each spring with any organic fertilizer high in nitrogen. On its own roots, Frontenac will grow approx. 3 ft tall and wide; but if it's bud grafted I've seen it over 5' tall and wide. Winter crown hardy to zone 3 |