Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: High-centered
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Medium pink
Rebloom: Good
Class: Hybrid tea
Extra Color Info: Shocking pink
Growth Habit: Medium, 3-4 feet, upright
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: Samuel Darragh McGredy IV, 1970
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 4 and warmer
Awards: AARS: 1973

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 3-4 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: Paddy McGredy x Prima Ballerina

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Electron'
  • 'Mullard Jubilee'

Common names
  • Rose

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Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-01
First bloom ever; planted spring, 2018.

Date: 2021-09-20
Uploaded by MargieNY
Location: My Garden
Date: 2023-07-22
Electron
Uploaded by MargieNY
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-08-11
Location: Barnes Arboretum, Merion, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-09
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-04-05
Location: My garden, Pequea, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-06
Second bloom ever; planted spring of this year.

Date: 2013-09-19

Date: 2019-07-22
Location: Barnes Arboretum, Merion, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-09

San Jose Municipal Rose Garden
Location: Barnes Arboretum, Merion, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-09
Location: Bush Pasture Park Rose Garden, Salem, Oregon
credit: HomeinSalem

San Jose Municipal Rose Garden
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