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'Fire Festival' rose Description

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Availability:
Commercially available
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HMF Ratings:
5 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Miniature.
Registration name: RUIfire
Origin:
Bred by Antonius A. Pouw (Netherlands, 1990).
Introduced in Netherlands by De Ruiter's Nieuwe Rozen B.V. in 1996 as 'Fire Festival'.
Class:
Miniature.  
Bloom:
Yellow, orange reverse.  None to mild fragrance.  25 petals.  Average diameter 1.25".  Small, very double bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Compact, dense, rounded, spreading.  Glossy foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 8" to 1' (20 to 30cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  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: 1994/026  on  1994   VIEW PBR PATENT
 
Canada - Application No: 96-919  on  23 Jul 1996
Application withdrawn on April 8, 2002.
Breeder: H.C.A. de Groot, De Ruiter's Nieuwe Rozen B.V., De Kwakel, Netherlands
 
United States - Patent No: PP 9,749  on  17 Dec 1996   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/562,973  on  24 Nov 1995
A distinctive cultivar of miniature rose plant named Ruifire, characterized by its large yellow and orange bi-color flowers; numerous flowers per plant; long shelf-life; and strong rooting habit...The new cultivar originated from a cross made by the inventor in 1990 of two unnamed proprietary seedlings.
Inventors: Pouw; Antonius A. (Hazerswoude, NL)
Assignee: De Ruiter's Nieuwe Rozen B.V. (Hazerswoude, NL)
Parentage:
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