ORIGINATOR: Schreiner

INTRODUCED: 1959

CLASS: Tall Bearded

HEIGHT: 38"

BLOOM SEASON: Early

DESCRIPTION: Dusty lavender-rose self.

PARENTAGE: Savage X Cordolon

AWARDS: HM'61

INTERESTING INFO: Alpenrose's last appearance in a Schreiner's catalogue was in 1965. The word Alpenrose itself is just a combination of the two words "Alpen" (from the Alps Mountains) and Rose (possibly the color).