'Pink Rosette' Rose

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'Pink Rosette' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Beverly Sloan

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

23 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

Light pink Floribunda.
Registration name: Pink Rosette

Origin:

Bred by Alfred Krebs (United States, before 1947).
Introduced in United States by Howard & Smith in 1948 as 'Pink Rosette'.

Class:

Floribunda.

Bloom:

Light pink. None to mild fragrance. 40 to 45 petals. Average diameter 2". Medium, very full (41+ petals), rosette bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Small, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Short, compact, few or no prickles/thorns. Dark green, leathery foliage. 3 to 5 leaflets.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 902 on 29 Nov 1949 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 793,351 on 23 Dec 1947

My present invention relates to improvements in rose plants of the polyantha type. It resulted from a cross made by me, of two unnamed seedlings of which one of the earlier progenitors was the Mlle. Cecile Brunner. It produces a flower of pure soft pink with petals in rosette form.

Parentage:

Unnamed Seedling × Unnamed Seedling

Notes:

In the patent Krebs says this rose is from a cross of two seedlings derived from 'Mlle. Cecile Brunner'.