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'Calypso Hit ®' rose Description

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Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
• Arrow ™
• Arrow Hit
• Arrow Patiohit
• POUlypso
HMF Ratings:
5 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Dark red Mini-Flora.
Registration name: POUlypso
Exhibition name: Calypso Hit ®
Origin:
Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1995). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1995).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S as 'Calypso Hit'.
Class:
Mini-Flora.   (Series: PatioHit ® Collection)  
Bloom:
Dark red.  Mild fragrance.  Average diameter 2.25".  Medium, double (17-25 petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:

Height: 8.5" to 2' (20 to 60cm).  Width: 8.5" (20cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  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:
Canada - Patent No: 0843  on  2 Oct 2000
Application No: 97-1118  on  23 Jul 1997
Rights surrendered on October 15, 2008.
Denomination: 'POULypso'
Trade name: Calypso Hit
 
United States - Patent No: PP 11,541  on  3 Oct 2000   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/138,034  on  18 Aug 1998
Inventors: Olesen; L. Pernille (Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between an unnamed seedling and `POULscal`....The unnamed seedling is from a crossing of a bright red floribunda `Dalli Dalli` and `POULvic`, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,012 dated 27 Oct., 1992 a pink-red miniature.....`POULypso` was selected by the inventors as a single plant from the progeny of the hybridization in April, 1995.
Parentage:
seed: Dalli Dalli ® × Victory Parade ®
pollen: POULscal
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