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'Let Freedom Ring ™' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Centennial Garden, Olympia Rose Society
HMF Ratings:
36 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT.
ARS:
Medium red Hybrid Tea. Registration name: WEKearmanExhibition name: Let Freedom Ring ™
Bloom:
Red. (more red in cool conditions) [Nearly black buds, strawberry-red blooms]. Moderate, tea fragrance. 24 to 32 petals. Average diameter 3.75". Large, very double, borne mostly solitary, high-centered to cupped bloom form. Prolific, continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season. Long sepals buds.
Habit:
Tall, upright. Medium, matte, medium green foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.
Height: 5¼' to 6¼' (160 to 190cm). Width: 20" to 26" (50 to 65cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for cut flower or garden. 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.
Breeder's notes:
Long stems; excellent flower form, light red color
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 17,821 on 19 Jun 2007 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 11/292,852 on 1 Dec 2005 Inventors: Earman, Jr.; Ernest (Alexandria, VA)
Assignee: Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. (Upland, CA)
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea Rose. It has as its seed parent the variety known as `TOBone` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,633) and as its pollen parent the variety known as `KRIcarlo` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,165)....description is of 3 to 4 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Upland, Calif. in the month of October.
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