Rosa ‘Adam Rackles’ (HT)
Description:
Sport of Mme Caroline Testout (HT Pernet-Doucher /1890). Pink Blend HT Cl Light pink / pink mottling & mild fragrance it blooms throughout the season. Height up to 150cm / 4’11” – bushy, medium size with prickles & thorns.
Adam Rackles, from Hamburg Germany, was a wine merchant & creator of ‘apple wine’.
Grown in Australia under the same name, it was brought to a Huxley’s Hilltop Nursery open day before 2002 - collected originally as ‘unknown’ at Hill Street, Daylesford, Victoria.
Threat Status:
Threatened In Cultivation
As assessed by the Plant Heritage Threatened Plants Programme. For more details see www.plantheritage.org.uk/conservation/threatened-plants/
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