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'JAColfa' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Sheila Myatt
HMF Ratings:
11 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT-.
ARS:
Light pink Hybrid Tea. Registration name: JAColfa Exhibition name: English Sachet ™
Bloom:
Light pink. Strong, sweet fragrance. 40 to 50 petals. Average diameter 4.5". Large, old-fashioned bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Height: 5' (150cm). Width: 42" (105cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 7b and warmer. Disease susceptibility: susceptible to blackspot . 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. Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) . Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 12,118 on 2 Oct 2001 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 455228 on 6 Dec 1999 Hybrid tea rose plant named JAColfa
Keith W. Zary, Thousand Oaks, California
Parentage: JACale x 'Silver Jubliee'
... having vigorous, upright growth; large, soft pink flowers of old fashioned form and strong, sweet fragrance; dark green, glossy foliage and resistance to rust and mildew... Blooming habit: Continuous... Average open bloom size is about 4 to 41/2 inches... Average stem length is about 18 to 22 inches... Number of petals under normal conditions: 40 to 50... Fragrance: Strong; sweet... Lastingness: On the plant: Fair (about five or six days). As a cut flower: Fair (about six or seven days)... The globular bud opens to a flower filled with petals. The open flower sometimes has a quartered but always crowded look, giving the bloom an old fashioned look... At maturity, height is five feet, width is 31/2 feet... Resistant to mildew and rust, susceptible to blackspot under normal growing conditions...
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