Rosa 'Emily Carr' 11 June 2021

Rosa 'Emily Carr' 11 June 2021

Cultural institutions in Vancouver all seem to go their individual way. It was not always like that. I remember quite a few years ago that there was a show of the photographs of Robert Frank at the North Vancouver Presentation House that included his controversial video (monitors in gallery) Cocksucker Blues. At the Pacific Cinematheque they screened his videos and films. This meant that many of us with interest in Robert Frank gladly went from one place to the other.

Rosa 'Emily Carr' & Senecio candicans 'Angel Wings' 10 June 2021

My case here is that I acquired Rosa ‘Emily Carr’ two years ago. Here is the info on it:

Family      Rosaceae

Genus      Rosa

Cultivar    'Emily Carr'

Tradmarked Name   Canadian Artists™

Patent Number Canadian Plant Breeders Rights (Certificate No. 05-4907)

Category  Woody

Type Shrub (deciduous)

Origin      Introduced by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in June 2007. Emily Carr is the result of crossing Lammert's selection × Morden Cardinette × Morden Cardinette and Cuthbert Grant.

For those who garden in Zone 3 like my daughter Alexandra in Lillooet this is a rose that she can grow. In fact this rose can be grown almost everywhere in Canada.

I find it difficult to understand how a rose that was introduced 17 years ago is not better known in these parts. Few of my fellow members of the Vancouver Rose Society have it in their gardens.

For me it is floriferous until late fall. The red of the blooms is so intense that it is almost black.

I can imagine this rose being sold (special botanical permission?) at the Vancouver Art Gallery and at other local galleries. They could be shown and sold at the Granville Island Market.

Meanwhile I have enjoyed scanning them.