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'Heart 'n' Soul' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Kathy Strong's Del Cerro Garden
HMF Ratings:
26 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT.
Bloom:
White, red edges. None to mild, tea fragrance. 18 to 22 petals. Average diameter 3". Medium, semi-double to double, borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered to cupped, ruffled bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Ovoid buds.
Habit:
Spreading, upright. Medium, glossy, dark green foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.
Height: 4' to 5' (120 to 150cm). Width: 43" to 4'1" (110 to 125cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for cut flower or garden. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant. Protect tender new spring growth from hard freezes that may cause canker, die-back and death of the plant. . Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom. 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. Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood..
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 14,500 on 3 Feb 2004 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 10/243,163 on 13 Sep 2002 A new variety of Shrub rose suitable for garden decoration, having flowers of white edged red coloration.
Inventors: Orard; Pierre (Feyzin, FR)
Assignee: Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. (Upland, CA)
The following description is of 3 to 4 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Upland, Calif. in the month of August.
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