Hi, B's. Just seeing this and your latest post.
Here's what I think........
I don't think it's a Hazel McCallion. They are a 'mini flora', which are best for containers. Check the size. Yours is too big for that. Also, they are perpetual bloomers, and yours is a twice bloomer. They say it has a mild fragrance like green tea. Does yours smell like that? Also says it has lots and lots of thorns. Yours? My guess is it's some kind of Jackson Perkins, bought at one of the Big Box stores in your area. I'll keep looking to see if I can figure your out. I love a good mystery. That is, unless you find it first.
The fall is a good time to go there and see if you can find it....and buy more, sometimes discounted late in the season - before frost, so you can plant for next season blooms. It may not have blooms, just some canes that you should cut back 1/3. But the rewards will be worth it. Again, keep us posted.
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
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Hazel McCallion
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MANhazel
ARS Reg:
Pink blend Mini-Flora.
Registration name: MANhazel
Exhibition name: Hazel McCallion, Hazel McCallion
Origin:
Bred in Canada (2007) by
George Mander.
Class:
Mini-Flora.
Bloom:
Pink and white. Mild fragrance. 25 to 30 petals. Average diameter 3". Medium, full (26-40 petals), exhibition, hybrid tea, in small clusters, reflexed bloom form. Prolific, continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season. Medium buds.
Habit:
Medium, bushy growth habit. Medium, semi-glossy, dark green foliage. 3 to 5 leaflets.
Height of 25" to 30" (65 to 75 cm). Width of 15" to 20". (40 to 50 cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b and warmer . Used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower, exhibition or garden. Vigorous. benefits from winter protection in colder climates. requires full sun for best color. Disease susceptibility: disease resistant, blackspot resistant, mildew resistant, rust resistant. Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom. Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that. Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection). Feed this rose well. Needs little care; relatively disease-free and quite hardy. Prune dead wood. Prune lightly until this rose gets established (about two years), then prune it back by about a third.. Remove spent blooms only.
Breeder's notes:
Formerly my test rose under 'MAN 2/01
Jan. 24th 2008, registration application 'Hazel McCallion' submitted to IRAR and excepted.
Nov.28th 2006 : This rose may be available in fall of 2007 at Hortico.
"MORE INFO" to follow later on.
Parentage:
Hot Tamale ×
Rubies 'n' Pearls
Notes:
This rose is named for Mississauga, Ontario, Canada's locally revered and internationally honored Mayor, Hazel McCallion. She is 85 years old and has been Mayor of Mississauga since 1978.