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'Jolly Cupido' rose Description
'Jolly Cupido' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Rosaholic's Southern California Garden
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
10 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Red blend Miniature.
Registration name: RUIxandra
Exhibition name: Jolly Cupido
Origin:
Bred by Antonius A. Pouw (Netherlands, 1990).
Introduced in Netherlands by De Ruiter's Nieuwe Rozen B.V. in 1992 as 'Jolly Cupido'.
Class:
Miniature.  
Bloom:
White, red streaks, stripes, flecks, pink streaks, stripes, flecks.  None / no fragrance.  35 petals.  Average diameter 1.5".  Small to medium, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, rosette bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Compact, rounded, spreading.  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  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 - Application No: 96-917  on  23 Jul 1996
Application withdrawn on August 23, 2002.
Breeder: H.C.A. de Groot, De Ruiter's Nieuwe Rozen B.V., De Kwakel, Netherlands
 
United States - Patent No: PP 9,734  on  10 Dec 1996   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/549,951  on  30 Oct 1995
A distinctive cultivar of miniature rose plant named Ruixandra, characterized by its very large white, red and pink tri-color flowers; numerous flowers per plant; and long shelf-life....The new cultivar originated from a cross made by the inventor in 1990 of two unnamed proprietary seedlings.
Inventors: Pouw; Antonius A. (Hazerswoude, NL)
Assignee: De Ruiter's Nieuwe Rozen B.V. (Hazerswoude, NL)
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