'Nashville ™' Rose

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'Nashville ™' rose Description

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Photo courtesy of Dr. Leda Horticulture

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Candy Cover ™
• Christopher Columbus ™ (floribunda, Poulsen before 1991)
• Dipper Hit ®
• POUlbico

HMF Ratings:

26 favorite votes.

ARS:

Pink blend Floribunda.
Exhibition name: Nashville ™

Origin:

Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, before 1987). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, before 1987).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 2001 as 'Christopher Columbus'.

Class:

Floribunda, Patio. (Series: PatioHit ® Collection, Towne & Country ® Series)

Bloom:

White and pink, stripes. Strong fragrance. Medium, semi-double (9-16 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped, flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Short, bushy. Dark green foliage.

Height: 30" (75cm). Width: 2' to 3' (60 to 90cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b and warmer. Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden. Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.

Patents:

Canada - Patent No: 1349 on 3 Feb 2003
Application No: 98-1230 on 4 Mar 1998

Rights surrendered on January 7, 2010.

European Union - Patent No: 357 on 2 Aug 1996
Application No: 95/0607

Holder: Poulsen Roser ApS. Denomination approved: POULBICO.

United States - Patent No: PP 12,491 on 26 Mar 2002 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/274,684 on 24 Mar 1999

Inventors: Olesen; L. Pernille (Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of shrub rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between an unnamed seedling (non-patented) and unnamed seedling (non-patented).....`POULbico` was selected by the inventors as a single plant from the progeny of the hybridization in the spring of 1987 as a single plant from the progeny of the aforementioned hybridization.

Parentage:

Unnamed Seedling × Unnamed Seedling

Notes:

Named for the quincentenary of Columbus' landfall.

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)