the end of the third day the flowers fade to a more pinkish color near red group 53c or near red group 53d the fragrance is slight the petals have a good texture and are round to obovate in shape with slightly recurved tips the arrangement is imbricated with a few petaloids in the center the blooms drop off cleanly and last both on the plant and as a cut flower for a fair to long time the anthers are yellow of medium size and are partly tucked in the calyx the filaments are red the pollen is gold yellow and the stigmas are yellow the styles are pink between near red group 49a and near red group 49b the plant has vigorous upright growth of medium height in bush and shrub form the foliage is large and abundant the new foliage is reddish brown and the old foliage is matt green a normal mid stem leaf has seven leaflets the leaflets have an oval pointed shape with a leathery non glossy texture and have a single serrated edge petiole rachis is green and has some prickles on the underside stipules are medium and serrated the foliage has better than average disease resistance it is resistant to mildew and has some resistance to blackspot under normal growing conditions at somis calif new wood is reddish colored with a smooth bark old wood is green with a rough bark there are an ordinary number of prickles on the main canes from the base and on.