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'Desert Sky' rose Description
'Desert Sky' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Kathy Strong
Availability:
Commercially available
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Origin:
Bred by Alain Meilland (1940-....) (France, before 2020).
Introduced in United States by Star Roses & Plants (California) in 2023 as 'Desert Sky'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Orange-pink.  None to mild, cinnamon, spice fragrance.  30 to 40 petals.  Average diameter 2.75".  Medium, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Bushy, compact.  Glossy, dark green, dense foliage.  3 to 5 leaflets.  

Height: up to 30" (up to 75cm).  Width: up to 20" (up to 50cm).
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 36,170  on  1 Oct 2024   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 18/233,017  on  11 Aug 2023
Inventor: Alain Antoine Meilland, Antibes (F)
Assignee: The Conard Pyle Company, West Grove, PA (US)
The first offer for sale of the new variety was Oct. 7, 2022, in the United States of America. ...The female parent...of the new variety was the 'MEIPAONIA' variety (not patented). The male parent ...of the new variety was an unnamed seedling (not patented) which is the product of a cross between the 'NOAWEL' variety (not patented) and the 'MEICOLOSS' variety (not patented). ...The rose plants of the new variety were approximately three years of age....
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