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'Scarlet Parade ®' rose Description
'Scarlet Parade ®' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Lesley Bruns
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
5 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Dark red Miniature.
Registration name: POUlrac
Origin:
Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1995). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1995).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 2000 as 'Scarlet Parade'.
Class:
Miniature.   (Series: Parade ® Collection)  
Bloom:
Dark red.  None to mild fragrance.  35 to 40 petals.  Average diameter 1.5".  Double (17-25 petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:

Height: 6.5" to 14" (17 to 35cm).  Width: 6.5" to 10" (17 to 25cm).
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: 1004  on  2 Aug 2001
Application No: 97-1113  on  23 Jul 1997
Rights surrendered on July 31, 2006.
Denomination: 'POULracos'
Previously Proposed Denomination: 'POULrac'
Trade name: Scarlet Parade
 
United States - Patent No: PP 11,543  on  3 Oct 2000   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 122188  on  23 Jul 1998
Miniature rose plant named `POULrac`
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 `POULpol` and an unnamed The unnamed seedling is an offspring of `Maria Mathilda` (a white floribunda) and `POULstar`, a white miniature rose variety by the same inventors described in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,016 granted on Dec. 20, 1994......`POULrac` was selected by the inventors as a single plant from the progeny of the hybridization during June, 1995.
Notes:
The breeder code name for this rose was first POULrac and later Poulracos.