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'Color Me Pink' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Eric H.
HMF Ratings:
6 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT.
Bloom:
Pink, deep pink veining, cream reverse. Strong, tea rose fragrance. 40 to 45 petals. Average diameter 5". Large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, high-centered, open, quilled bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Long, pointed buds.
Habit:
Upright. Medium, medium green, leathery foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.
Height: 5' to 6' (150 to 185cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 9b. Very vigorous. Disease susceptibility: susceptible to blackspot , susceptible to Mildew.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 19,554 on 9 Dec 2008 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 11/998,255 on 28 Nov 2007 Inventors: Zary; Keith W. (Thousand Oaks, CA)
.... originated by me by crossing the variety `KRIcarlo` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,165, seed parent), with the variety `JACsee` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,138, pollen parent)....Observations were made of plants of the new variety from January 2006 to November 2007 growing in a garden environment at Somis, Calif. The observations below are from plants that were four years of age at the end of the observation
Notes:
Upper surfaces of petals have a "handpainted" effect per the patent.
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