Rosa ‘Hector Deane’ (HT)

Description:

Bred by Samuel Davidson McGredy III of Portadown, Northern Ireland, before 1934. Double, cochineal-carmine blooms with salmon-orange to golden-yellow shading.  Strong, fruity, old rose fragrance.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Sam McGredy IV wrote in 1996 that Hector Deane was the family surgeon who had lived to a ripe old age, often boasting about his rose which had a fantastic perfume but was somewhat susceptible to rust. Winner of the Clay Cup for Fragrance 1938.

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/