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'Careless Love' rose Description
Photo courtesy of billy teabag
HMF Ratings:
27 favorite votes.
Average rating:
GOOD.
ARS:
Pink blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Careless Love (hybrid tea, Conklin 1955)
Exhibition name: Careless Love
Bloom:
Cherry-red, white streaks, stripes, flecks. Deep pink flecked with white. Mild fragrance. 25 to 30 petals. Average diameter 3.25". Medium, very double, borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered to cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Medium, ovoid buds.
Habit:
Medium, upright, well-branched. Glossy, dark green foliage. 5 leaflets.
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). 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 1,582 on 26 Mar 1957 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 554,906 on 22 Dec 1955 The parent plant of the new variety of rose was discovered by me on my property located at 1204 Glendora Avenue in the city of West Covina, California, as a "sport" coming from Red Radiance rose plant, an unpatented variety.
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