Picture Newsletter by andyvancleve of www.floweringshrubfarm.com

169 Alchemist or Alchymist Alchymist Shrub Rose introduced in 1956, grows to around 6 feet (crop 169), reputedly hardy in zones 5 to 8, it has double flowers in copper and salmon shades that bloom for several weeks in early summer, it is not-recurrent

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("The Encyclopedia of Roses" McKeon, 75, zones 5-9), (Barron's, 113), (Taylor's Guides "Roses" Ondra, 149, zones 5-9), yellow and copper similar to Madam Hardy fading to salmon fuzz ball, z5, 6'x6', blooms in spring (flowers on old wood only), wonderful flower display, more susceptible to black spot in rainy spring,