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'Chuckles' rose Description
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'Chuckles (floribunda, Shepherd 1956)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Calif Sue
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
24 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Deep pink Floribunda.
Registration name: Chuckles (floribunda, Shepherd 1956)
Exhibition name: Chuckles
Origin:
Bred by Roy E. Shepherd (United States, before 1956).
Introduced in United States by Bosley Nursery in 1958 as 'Chuckles'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Deep pink, white center.  Coral to hot pink.  Mild to strong fragrance.  5 to 8 petals.  Average diameter 2.75".  Medium, single (4-8 petals), cluster-flowered, flat to cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Small, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Tall, bushy, compact.  Dark green, leathery foliage.  

Height: 3' to 5' (90 to 150cm).  Width: 5' to 6' (150 to 185cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 4b through 9b.  Can be used for garden.  Hardy.  vigorous.  shade tolerant.  Disease susceptibility: very blackspot resistant..  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 1,608  on  11 Jun 1957   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 567,422  on  23 Feb 1956
Roy E. Shepherd, Medina, Ohio, assignor to Edith C. Bosley, Mentor, Ohio.
Ploidy:
Tetraploid
Notes: