''Rosa'' 'Teasing Georgia' (aka AUSbaker) is a yellow blend

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cultivar, bred by British rose breeder,

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in 1987 and introduced into the UK by David Austin Roses Limited (UK) in 1998. 'Teasing Georgia' is part of the David Austin English Rose Collection and named in honour of

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journalist, Georgia Tornow.

Description

'Teasing Georgia' is a medium-tall, bushy shrub rose, in height, with a spread. It has a strong, tea rose fragrance. The flowers are medium in size, , and very full (40+ petals) with a cupped, quartered bloom form. They are borne mostly solitary or in small clusters. The color of the rose is a blend of yellow with light apricot shading and light yellow edges. 'Teasing Georgia' blooms in flushes throughout the season. It has a lax growing habit, is disease resistant and not prone to blackspot. Leaves are medium-sized, semi-glossy and dark green. In hot climates, the rose can be grown up to as a climbing rose.

History

David Austin roses

David C. H. Austin (1926 – 2018) was an award-winning rose breeder, nursery owner and writer from

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. He began breeding roses in the 1950s with the goal of creating new shrub rose varieties that would possess the best qualities of old-fashioned roses while incorporating the long flowering characteristics of

hybrid tea rose Hybrid tea is an informal horticultural classification for a group of garden roses. The first hybrid tea roses were created in France in the mid-1800s, by cross-breeding the large, floriferous Hybrid Perpetuals with the tall, elegant Tea roses. T ...

s and floribundas. His first commercially successful rose cultivar was 'Constance Spry', which he introduced in 1961. He created a new, informal class of roses in the 1960s, which he named "English Roses". Austin's roses are generally known today as "David Austin Roses". Austin attained international commercial success with his new rose varieties. Some of his most popular roses include 'Wife of Bath' (1969), 'Graham Thomas' (1983), 'Abraham Darby' (1985) and 'Gertrude Jekyll' (1986).

'Teasing Georgia'

Austin developed 'Teasing Georgia' in 1987 using 'Charles Austin' x 'Unnamed Seedling' . The cultivar was introduced into the UK by David Austin Roses Limited (UK) in 1998. The rose is part of the David Austin English Rose Collection. The rose was named after

journalist, Georgia Tornow.

Notes

Sources

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosa 'Teasing Georgia' Teasing Georgia 1998 introductions