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'BENswise' rose Description
Photo courtesy of markiz41
HMF Ratings:
26 favorite votes.
Average rating:
GOOD+.
ARS:
Mauve or mauve blend Mini-Flora. Registration name: BENswise Exhibition name: Dejá Blu ™
Bloom:
Mauve to fuchsia / magenta. 20 to 33 petals. Average diameter 2.5". Medium-large, very double, borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, exhibition, high-centered to cupped bloom form. Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.
Habit:
Medium, compact, few or no prickles/thorns, upright, well-branched. Medium, semi-glossy, dark green foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.
Height: 22" to 34" (55 to 85cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 4b and warmer. Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower, exhibition, garden, hedge or specimen. Hardy. vigorous. benefits from winter protection in colder climates. Disease susceptibility: disease resistant. Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 21,283 on 14 Sep 2010 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 12/322,228 on 30 Jan 2009 Inventors: Benardella; Frank (Millstone Township, NJ)
Assignee: Nor'East Miniature Roses (Arroyo Grande, CA)
his new variety is from a single seedling originated by Frank A. Benardella under controlled conditions in a greenhouse in Millstone Township (formerly Englishtown), N.J., by crossing the following two rose plants: .cndot. The seed parent is `KORivo` (not patented), a floribunda rose with cream-ivory flowers. .cndot. The pollen parent is `KORmulen` (not patented; trade name, Laguna), a red hybrid tea rose.
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