''Rosa'' 'William Baffin' is a deep pink Hybrid Kordesii rose cultivar, bred by Canadian rose breeder,
Felicitas Svejda
Felicitas Svejda (November 8, 1920 – January 19, 2016) was a federal scientist in Canada who developed roses that could survive Canada's short growing season and bitter winter conditions.
She led the rose-breeding program at the Central Experim ...
in 1974. It was introduced in Canada in 1983 by
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. It is one of the hardiest of the Canadian Explorer roses that Svejda developed and named in honour of legendary Canadian explorers.
Description
'William Baffin' is a tall Hybrid Kordesii shrub rose variety, in height, with a spread.
It has semi-double (8–15 petals), medium-sized flowers and a flat, saucer-shaped bloom form. Blooms are deep pink with golden stamens and flashes of white at the center of the petal. Flowers are carried in clusters of 10–30 and have either no fragrance or a light fragrance.
The plant has an arching, climbing growth habit and small, glossy, dark green foliage. It is very disease resistant and blooms continuously throughout the season.
History
Felicitas Svejda
Felicitas Svejda was born November 8, 1920, in
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Austria
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. She studied
agricultural science
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at the
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in
Vienna
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, where she earned a PhD in 1948. She moved to
Canada
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in 1953, and was hired by the
Canadian Department of Agriculture's research division in Ottawa, Ontario. Her first project was researching cereal grains, but later began working with ornamental plants. Svejda was given a new project in 1961 to create a series of winter hardy roses, which would thrive in
the coldest regions of Canada, with sub-freezing winter temperatures of -50 C, and would also flower regularly during Canada's short growing season.
With no prior knowledge of roses, Svejvda developed a successful rose-breeding program at the
Central Experimental Farm
The Central Experimental Farm (CEF), commonly known as the Experimental Farm, is an agricultural facility, working farm, and research centre of the Science and Technology Branch, formerly the Research Branch, of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. ...
(CEF) in Ottawa.
From the 1960s to the 1980s, she introduced many new cultivars, including 22 roses in the Explorer Rose Series, named in honour of Canadian explorers. Some of her most popular cultivars are:
'John Cabot',
'Alexander MacKenzie',
'David Thompson', and
'Jens Munk'.
Svejvda led the rose-breeding program at CEF for 25 years, until her retirement in 1985. Her roses continued to be introduced in Canada well into the 1990s. Svejda died Jan. 19, 2016 in Ottawa at the age 95.
'William Baffin'
Svejda bred 'William Baffin' in 1974 by crossing
'Kordesii' x ('Red Dawn' x 'Suzanne'). The rose cultivar was introduced in Canada in 1983 by
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. It is considered one of the hardiest and most vigorous of the Explorer Roses that Svejda developed to withstand the harsh Canadian winters and thrive in its short growing season. 'William Baffin' is named for
English
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navigator,
William Baffin, (c. 1584–1622), who is best known for his attempt to discover a Northwest Passage from the
Atlantic
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to the
Pacific. He is also the first European to discover
Baffin Bay
Baffin Bay ( Inuktitut: ''Saknirutiak Imanga''; kl, Avannaata Imaa; french: Baie de Baffin), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland, is defined by the International Hydrographic Organization as a marginal sea of the Arct ...
in Canada.
References
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William Baffin
1983 introductions