HelpMeFind Roses, Clematis and Peonies
Roses, Clematis and Peonies
and everything gardening related.
DescriptionPhotosLineageAwardsReferencesMember RatingsMember CommentsMember JournalsCuttingsGardensBuy From 
'SPEvu' rose Description
HelpMeFind's future is in your hands - Please do not take this unique resource for granted.

Your support of HelpMeFind is urgently needed. HelpMeFind, like all websites, needs funding to survive. We have set a premium-membership yearly subscription amount as low as possible to make user-community funding viable.

We are grateful to the many members who have signed up so far, but the number of premium-membership members remains too small for us to sustain the current support and development level. If you value HelpMeFind and want to see it continue we need your support too.

Yearly membership is only $2.00 per month and adds a host of additional features, and numerous planned enhancements, to take full advantage of the power and convenience of HelpMeFind. Click here to start your premium membership..

We of course also welcome donations of any amount. Click here to make a donation. Donations of $24 or more receive a thank-you gift of a 1-year premium membership.

As far as we have come, we feel HelpMeFind is still in its infancy. With your support we have so much more to accomplish.
'Lovely Fairy' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Badger
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
52 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Deep pink Polyantha.
Exhibition name: Lovely Fairy
Origin:
Discovered by Hette Spek (Netherlands, 1990).
Introduced in United Kingdom by Dickson Nurseries Ltd. / Dickson Roses in 1994 as 'Lovely Fairy'.
Class:
Patio, Polyantha, Shrub.  
Bloom:
Deep pink.  Mild to strong, fruity fragrance.  21 to 36 petals.  Average diameter 1.25".  Small, very double, in large clusters, cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:

Height: 16" to 4' (40 to 120cm).  Width: 2' to 4' (60 to 120cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 4b through 10b.  Can be used for ground cover.  Shade tolerant.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  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 - Application No: 1994/049  on  1994   VIEW PBR PATENT
 
United States - Patent No: PP 10,701  on  24 Nov 1998   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/738,877  on  28 Oct 1996
Inventor: Hette Spek, Boskoop, Netherlnds
Assignee: DeVor Nurseries, Inc. Watsonville, Calif.
The present invention relates to a new and distinct polyantha variety which was discovered by me as a sport in a controlled planting of the variety "The fairy" in Boskoop, Netherlands. The varietal denomination of this new rose is 'Spevu'.
Notes: