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'WEKsunvoye' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Sheldon, John & Robyn
HMF Ratings:
24 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT-.
ARS:
Apricot or apricot blend Hybrid Tea. Registration name: WEKsunvoye Exhibition name: Sunstruck ™
Bloom:
Apricot, orange-pink reverse, ages to deep pink . Mild, fruity, tea fragrance. 16 to 28 petals. Average diameter 4.25". Large, very double, borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Pointed, ovoid buds.
Habit:
Medium, upright, well-branched. Large, semi-glossy, medium green, leathery foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.
Height: 4'7" to 5¼' (140 to 160cm). Width: 23" to 29" (60 to 75cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for 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:
Large formal flowers, unusual yellow peacock marking on the petal reverse, long stems
Patents:
Australia - Patent No: AU3676P on 18 Dec 2008 Application No: 2007/078 on 9 Mar 2007 VIEW PBR PATENTDetails of Comparative Trial. Location Narromine, NSW. Descriptor Rose (new) (Rosa) TG/11/8. Period Jul 2003 – Nov 2007.
First sold in USA in Dec 2004. United States - Patent No: PP 17,686 on 1 May 2007 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 11/281,281 on 17 Nov 2005 Inventors: Carruth; Thomas F. (Altadena, CA)
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea Rose. It has as its seed parent the variety known as `FRYxotic` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,718) and as its pollen parent an undisseminated seeding of Applicant's creation with the following genetic origin (Voodoo.times.unknown seedling). ....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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