'Honey Perfume ™' Rose

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'Honey Perfume ™' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Calif Sue

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• 93.00129
• JACarque
• Pam Golding

HMF Ratings:

68 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT.

ARS:

Apricot or apricot blend Floribunda.
Registration name: JACarque
Exhibition name: Honey Perfume ™

Origin:

Bred by Dr. Keith W. Zary (United States, 1993).
Introduced in Australia by Swane's Nursery/Swane Bros Pty Ltd in 2004 as 'Honey Perfume'.
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (post 1970) in 2004 as 'Honey Perfume'.

Class:

Floribunda.

Bloom:

Yellow, apricot shading. Flowers apricot-yellow. Strong, spice, sweet fragrance. 30 to 35 petals. Average diameter 4.25". Large, full (26-40 petals), in small clusters, cupped bloom form. Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season. Long, pointed, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Medium, compact, upright, well-branched. Large, glossy, medium green foliage. 7 leaflets.

Height: 3' to 42" (90 to 105cm). Width: 2' to 35" (60 to 90cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower or garden. Very vigorous. does not do well in warmer climates. Disease susceptibility: blackspot resistant. 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.

Patents:

Australia - Patent No: AU3355P on 17 Aug 2007
Application No: 2004/213 on 26 Jul 2004 VIEW PBR PATENT

‘AROfres’ x ‘Amber Queen’. ...Breeder: Keith Zary, Jackson & Perkins Wholesale, Inc., Somis, CA, USA.
First sold in USA in Dec 2003. First Australian sale Jun 2004.

South Africa - Patent on 2001

United States - Patent No: PP 16,250 on 14 Feb 2006 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/848,733 on 18 May 2004

Inventors: Zary; Keith W. (Somis, CA)
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of floribunda rose plant named `JACarque` which was originated by me by crossing the variety `AROfres,` (not patented), with the variety `HARroony`(Amber Queen), U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,582..... Observations made from plants commencing at two years of age grown in a garden environment at Somis and Wasco, Calif.

Ploidy:

Tetraploid

Parentage:

AROfres × Amber Queen ® (floribunda, Harkness before 1981)

Notes:

Internal breeder code: 93.00129. No. 040 in the 2001 Monza Competition (Source: Website Roseto Niso Fumagalli).