'Pink Home Run' Rose

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'Pink Home Run' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of jedmar

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• WEKphorn

HMF Ratings:

19 favorite votes.

ARS:

Deep pink Shrub.
Registration name: WEKphorn
Exhibition name: Pink Home Run

Origin:

Discovered by Christian Bédard (United States, 2007). Discovered by Tom Carruth (United States, 2007).
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 2010.

Class:

Shrub.

Bloom:

Rose-pink. None to mild fragrance. 5 petals. Average diameter 2.75". Medium, single (4-8 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters bloom form. Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.

Habit:

Medium, bushy, compact, rounded. Medium, matte, dark green foliage. 3 to 5 leaflets.

Height: 28" to 35" (70 to 90cm).

Growing:

Can be used for beds and borders, container rose or garden. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant, very blackspot resistant., very mildew resistant.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 22,856 on 17 Jul 2012 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 12/807,485 on 7 Sep 2010

Inventors: Carruth; Thomas F. (Altadena, CA), Bedard; Christian (Brea, CA)
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Shrub Rose. It was discovered outside in a cultivated field during the summer of 2007 in Wasco, Calif. as a whole plant natural occurring mutation of the variety known as ‘WEKcisbako’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 18,552).

Parentage:

sport of Home Run ™(shrub, Carruth 2001)

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