'Ninety-Niner' Rose

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'Ninety-Niner' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Kang Mei's Rose Garden

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Carnival (hybrid tea, Winchel 1998)
• New Era (Hybrid Tea, Winchel 1998)
• Rosie O'Donnell
• WEKwinwin
• Win-Win
• Win Win

HMF Ratings:

61 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

Red blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: WEKwinwin
Exhibition name: Rosie O'Donnell

Origin:

Bred by Joseph F. Winchel (United States, 1998).
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. as 'Rosie O'Donnell'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Red blend, yellow reverse. Mild fragrance. 26 to 35 petals. Average diameter 4.25". Double (17-25 petals), high-centered to cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Height: 3' to 4'7" (90 to 140cm). Width: 35" to 43" (90 to 110cm).

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:

United States - Patent No: PP 11,382 on 16 May 2000 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 153953 on 16 Sep 1998

Inventor: Joseph F. Winchel (Harbor City, CA). Assignee: Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. (Upland, CA). A new variety of Hybrid Tea having flowers of bright red with a reverse of yellow... parentage is unknown because it was discovered as a seedling in a controlled planting of mixed rose varieties...

Parentage:

Unknown

Notes:

Comedienne Rosie O'Donnell was born on March 21, 1962, in Commack, New York.