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'Poultw003' rose Description
'Bright Cover ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Harry A. Oudijk
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
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ARS:
White, near white or white blend Shrub.
Exhibition name: Amherst ™ (shrub, Olesen, 1991)
Origin:
Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1991). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1991).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 2003 as 'Bright Cover'.
Class:
Floribunda, Shrub.   (Series: Towne & Country ® Series)  
Bloom:
Cream, yellow undertones.  Mild fragrance.  up to 30 petals.  Average diameter 0.5".  Small to medium, full (26-40 petals), in large clusters, cupped, open, reflexed bloom form.  Prolific, continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.  Pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Short, bushy, compact, spreading.  Medium, glossy, dark green, dense foliage.  7 leaflets.  

Height: 2' to 39" (60 to 100cm).  Width: 2' to 32" (60 to 80cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.  Vigorous.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  
Patents:
Australia - Application No: 2007/278  on  2007   VIEW PBR PATENT
This patent application was withdrawn December 2008
 
United States - Patent No: PP 16,128  on  29 Nov 2005   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/812,756  on  29 Mar 2004
Inventors: Olesen; L. Pernille (Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of garden rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between the female seed parent `Meidomonac`, described and illustrated in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,105 issued Sep. 20, 1983, and the male pollen parent, an un-named seedling. The two parents were crossed during the summer of 1991
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