''Rosa'' Savoy Hotel is a light pink hybrid tea rose cultivar, developed by
Jack Harkness in 1987 and introduced into
Great Britain by Harkness Roses in 1989. The rose was named to celebrate the centenary of the
Savoy Hotel, a famous
London hotel.
Description
'Savoy Hotel' is a short, large-flowered, upright rose, in height, with a spread.
The rose is a vigorous grower and has a moderate fruity scent. Its flowers are in diameter, with a large, double high-centered bloom form. Bloom colour is silvery pink with a darker pink reverse. Flowers are borne mostly solitary on long stems.
Leaves are medium in size, semi-glossy and dark green. The rose blooms in flushes throughout the growing season.
Harkness Roses
Harkness Roses was established in 1879 in
Bedale
Bedale ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the district of Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is north of Leeds, south-west of Middlesbrough and south-west of the county town of ...
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Yorkshire by brothers, John Harkness (1857–1933) and Robert Harkness (1851–1920). In 1882, John and Robert began to grow and exhibit roses. Their new rose business was a great success;
Queen Victoria purchased her roses from Harkness & Sons in the 1890s. John and Robert soon realized that Yorkshire's climate was too cold for an expanding rose growing business. In 1892, they decided to established a branch of the firm in a location with a warmer climate. Neither brother wanted to leave Yorkshire, so it was decided by a coin toss that Robert would move to
Hitchin
Hitchin () is a market town and unparished area in the North Hertfordshire Districts of England, district in Hertfordshire, England, with an estimated population of 35,842.
History
Hitchin is first noted as the central place of the Hicce peopl ...
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Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ...
to establish the new branch of Harkness and Sons. In 1901, John and Robert decided to dissolve the company and create two separate nurseries. Robert established R. Harkness & Co, today known as Harknes Roses.
'Savoy Hotel'
The cultivar was developed by Austin in 1987 from a cross between the hybrid tea, 'Silver Jubilee' and the
Floribunda, 'Amber Queen'. The rose was named to celebrate the centenary of the
Savoy Hotel, a famous
London hotel. introduced into the Uk by Harkness Roses in 1989.
References
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Savoy Hotel
1989 introductions