';'Freckles'

'Freckles'

(Pronounced: FRECK-kles)

ALSO KNOWN AS:

'Freckles'

'Freckles'

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Freckles' is a beautiful upright and bushy Buck rose with medium pink, shallow cupped, double flowers that are stippled with dark claret red. The flowers have a slight sweet fragrance, and bloom continuously from June to frost.

GENERAL
INFORMATION:
'Freckles' is a beautiful upright and bushy Buck rose with medium pink, shallow cupped, double flowers that are stippled with dark claret red. The flowers have a slight sweet fragrance, and bloom continuously from June to frost.

BOTANICAL
GROUP:
Synstylae

GROUP:
Buck

CLASS:
S

SEED
PARENT:
'Tickled Pink'

POLLEN
PARENT:
'Couintry Music'

BREEDER:
Buck

INTRODUCED:
'Freckles' was introduced by Griffith Buck (United States) in 1976.

DATE:
1976 [ United States ]

PLANT SIZE
AND FORM:
Height:    3 '     to    4 '           Width:    2 '     to    3 '

'Freckles' makes an upright bush 3' to 4' high and 2' to 3' wide.

FOLIAGE
DESCRIPTION:
The foliage ismedium-large, leathery, and dark copper-green.

The thorns are red-brown with an awl-like shape.

FOLIAGE
FRAGRANCE:
None.

BLOOM
FREQUENCY:
C - Continuous. 'Freckles' begins blooming in June and repeats until killing frost.

BLOOM
DESCRIPTION: Flower Size:    4.00"      to      4.50"           Cluster Size:    5      to      10           Petal Count:    25 to 30

The shallow-cupped flowers are large (4" to 4.5"), double (25-30 petals), and occur singly and in clusters of 5 to10.

The buds are medium-sized, and ovoid-pointed to urn-shaped.

BLOOM
COLOR:
PB - Pink Blend. The flowers are light scarlet, flushed yellow, and heavily stippled on inner surface of petals with dark claret rose. The stippling is heavier on petal reverses, approaching blotches.

COLOR VARIATION:
None.

FRAGRANCE:
SF - Slightly Fragrant. 'Freckles' has a slight soft sweet fragrance.

HIPS:
None observed.

CLIMATE:
Zones 4 - 9

CULTURE:

PROPAGATION:

OTHER
CHARACTERISTICS:

    ** Tolerant of poorer soils
    ** Availability is limited

ANECDOTAL
INFORMATION:

REFERENCES:
American Rose Society. Modern Roses 10. Shreveport, Louisiana: American Rose Society. 1993, p. 192.

American Rose Society. Modern Roses XI. Shreveport, Louisiana: American Rose Society. 2000, p. 172.

Buck, Mary. Buck Roses - Hardy Roses Developed by Dr. Griffith Buck. Ames, IA: Iowa State Univeristy. 1998, p. 5.

GENERAL INFORMATION:	'Freckles' is a beautiful upright and bushy Buck rose with medium pink, shallow cupped, double flowers that are stippled with dark claret red. The flowers have a slight sweet fragrance, and bloom continuously from June to frost.
BOTANICAL GROUP:	Synstylae
GROUP:	Buck
CLASS:	S
SEED PARENT:	'Tickled Pink'
POLLEN PARENT:	'Couintry Music'
BREEDER:	Buck
INTRODUCED:	'Freckles' was introduced by Griffith Buck (United States) in 1976.
DATE:	1976 [ United States ]
PLANT SIZE AND FORM:	Height: 3 ' to 4 ' Width: 2 ' to 3 ' 'Freckles' makes an upright bush 3' to 4' high and 2' to 3' wide.
FOLIAGE DESCRIPTION:	The foliage ismedium-large, leathery, and dark copper-green. The thorns are red-brown with an awl-like shape.
FOLIAGE FRAGRANCE:	None.
BLOOM FREQUENCY:	C - Continuous. 'Freckles' begins blooming in June and repeats until killing frost.
BLOOM DESCRIPTION:	Flower Size: 4.00" to 4.50" Cluster Size: 5 to 10 Petal Count: 25 to 30 The shallow-cupped flowers are large (4" to 4.5"), double (25-30 petals), and occur singly and in clusters of 5 to10. The buds are medium-sized, and ovoid-pointed to urn-shaped.
BLOOM COLOR:	PB - Pink Blend. The flowers are light scarlet, flushed yellow, and heavily stippled on inner surface of petals with dark claret rose. The stippling is heavier on petal reverses, approaching blotches.
COLOR VARIATION:	None.
FRAGRANCE:	SF - Slightly Fragrant. 'Freckles' has a slight soft sweet fragrance.
HIPS:	None observed.
CLIMATE:	Zones 4 - 9
CULTURE:
PROPAGATION:
OTHER CHARACTERISTICS:	Tolerant of poorer soils Availability is limited
ANECDOTAL INFORMATION:
REFERENCES:	American Rose Society. Modern Roses 10. Shreveport, Louisiana: American Rose Society. 1993, p. 192. American Rose Society. Modern Roses XI. Shreveport, Louisiana: American Rose Society. 2000, p. 172. Buck, Mary. Buck Roses - Hardy Roses Developed by Dr. Griffith Buck. Ames, IA: Iowa State Univeristy. 1998, p. 5.