Rosa 'Stephens' Big Purple'

Rosa 'Stephens' Big Purple', Pat "Paddy" Stephens/Stevens (New Zealand, 1985)

Synonyms

Rosa 'Big Purple'
Rosa 'Nuit d'Orient' ®
Rosa 'STEbigpu'
Rosa 'Stephens' Rose Big Purple'

Group

Hybrid Tea

Parentage

Seedling × 'Purple Splendour'

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Awards

• Rosexpo Montreal - Best Mauve Rose 1999

Offspring

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  'Ebb Tide', Carruth 2001
  seed: ('Sweet Chariot' × 'Blue Nile') × 'Stephens' Big Purple'
  pollen: ('International Herald Tribune' × Hybrid of R. soulieana) × ('Sweet Chariot' × 'Blue Nile')
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  'Midnight Blue', Carruth 2004
  seed: [ 'Sweet Chariot' × 'Blue Nile' ®] × 'Stephens' Big Purple'
  pollen: [ 'International Herald Tribune' × Hybrid of R. soulieana ] × ['Sweet Chariot' × 'Blue Nile'®]
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  'Old Port', McGredy 1994
  seed: ('Anytime' × 'Eyepaint') × 'Purple Splendour'
  pollen: 'Big Purple'
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  'Wild Blue Yonder' Carruth 2006
  seed: ('International Herald Tribune' × Hybrid Soulieana) × ('Sweet Chariot' (1984) × 'Blue Nile')
  pollen: 'Blueberry Hill' × 'Stephens' Big Purple'