'Alicante' Rose

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'Alicante' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Anthony Wallis

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Alicante Hit
• Poulpah033

HMF Ratings:

22 favorite votes.
Average rating: FAIR+.

ARS:

Deep pink Mini-Flora.
Exhibition name: Alicante

Origin:

Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 2002).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 2004 as 'Alicante Hit'.

Class:

Mini-Flora. (Series: PatioHit ® Collection)

Bloom:

Deep pink. 35 to 40 petals. Average diameter 4.75". Medium, full (26-40 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, rosette bloom form. Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.

Habit:

Short, bushy, compact, upright. Semi-glossy, medium green foliage.

Height: 8" to 4' (20 to 120cm). Width: 8" to 2' (20 to 60cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for beds and borders, container rose or cut flower. Vigorous.

Patents:

Canada - Patent No: 3939 on 9 Sep 2010
Application No: 05-4946 on 3 Jun 2005

'Poulpah033' originated from a controlled cross made in 2002 in Fredensborg, Denmark. The female parent was the variety 'Poulhi008' and the male parent was an unnamed seedling.

United States - Patent No: PP 17,509 on 20 Mar 2007 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/240,013 on 29 Sep 2005

Inventors: Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between the female seed parent `Poulhi008` described in illustrated in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 15,722, and the male pollen parent, an unnamed seedling. The two parents were crossed during the summer of 2002

Parentage:

Tiffany Hit × Unnamed Seedling

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