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'First Light' rose Description
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'First Light (shrub, Marciel before 1997)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Sue The Rose Lover's Garden (Roselvr)
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
• DEVrudi
HMF Ratings:
37 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Light pink Shrub.
Registration name: DEVrudi
Exhibition name: First Light
Origin:
Bred by Jeanne Arlene Marciel (United States, before 1997). Bred by Stanley George Marciel (United States, before 1997).
Introduced in United States by DeVor Nurseries, Inc. in 1998.
Class:
Shrub.  
Bloom:
Light pink, darker reverse, purple stamens.  Moderate, fruity, spice fragrance.  5 to 6 petals.  Average diameter 4".  Large, single (4-8 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Short, compact.  Dark green foliage.  

Height: 2' to 47" (60 to 120cm).  Width: 28" to 31" (70 to 80cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose or garden.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 11,223  on  15 Feb 2000   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/944069  on  2 Oct 1997
Inventor: Marciel, Stanley G. and Jeanne A. (Aptos, California). Assignee: DeVor Nurseries, Inc. (Watsonville, California.) A floribunda producing single deep pink to light red flowers in clusters. Parentage: Seedling x Seedling.
Parentage:
Bonica ® (shrub, Meilland, 1975) × Ballerina (hybrid musk, Bentall, 1937)
Notes:
Royall River Roses says this rose has single, 3" light pink flowers with a darker reverse and purple stamens. The flowers are long lasting and continuous, borne in clusters followed by attractive hips....