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'Oso Easy Lemon Zest' rose Description
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'Oso Easy Lemon Zest' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Byrnes, Robert L.
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
4 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD+.  
ARS:
Medium yellow Shrub.
Exhibition name: Lemon Zest (Shrub, Warner, Before 2012)
Origin:
Bred by Christopher H. Warner (United Kingdom, 2000).
Introduced in United States by Spring Meadow Nursery, Inc. in 2012 as 'Lemon Zest'.
Class:
Shrub.  
Bloom:
Yellow.  Shallow cup.  Mild, sweet fragrance.  10 to 18 petals.  Average diameter 1.75".  Small to medium, semi-double (9-16 petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Medium, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Short, mounded, spreading, upright.  Semi-glossy, medium green foliage.  5 leaflets.  

Height: 18" to 30" (45 to 75cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 5b and warmer.  
Patents:
Canada - Patent No: 5130  on  13 Oct 2015
Application No: 12-7729  on  7 Sep 2012
'Chewhocan' was bred and developed by Christopher Hugh Warner in Newport, Shropshire, United Kingdom. It originated from a controlled cross conducted in June 2000 between the variety 'Horcoherent' as the female parent and 'Chewpatel' as the male parent.
 
United States - Patent No: PP 26,914  on  12 Jul 2016   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 13/998,221  on  11 Oct 2013
The new Rose plant originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor in June, 2000 of Rosa hybrida `Horcoherent`, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 15,982, as the female, or seed, parent with Rosa hybrida `Chewpatel`, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Rose plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor in 2005 as a single flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination in a controlled environment in Newport, Shropshire, United Kingdom.
Ploidy:
Diploid
Notes:
'Chewhocan' was bred and developed by Christopher Hugh Warner in Newport, Shropshire, United Kingdom. It originated from a controlled cross conducted in June 2000 between the variety 'Horcoherent' as the female parent and 'Chewpatyel' as the male parent.

Ploidy reported by Dr. David Zlesak. Different ploidy stated by 2023 reference.
Oso Easy Lemon Zest