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'Fresh Pink' rose Description
'Fresh Pink (miniature, Moore 1964)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of David Elliott
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
13 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Light pink Miniature.
Registration name: Fresh Pink (miniature, Moore 1964)
Exhibition name: Fresh Pink
Origin:
Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1964).
Introduced in United States by Sequoia Nursery, Moore Miniature Roses Historic Archive as 'Fresh Pink'.
Class:
Miniature.  
Bloom:
Light pink.  Flowers light pink tipped salmon.  Mild fragrance.  25 petals.  Cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy.  Glossy, leathery foliage.  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.  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:
United States - Patent No: PP 2,525  on  1 Jun 1965   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Ploidy:
Diploid
Notes:
The seed parent, 0-47-19 = Rosa wichurana Crépin × Floradora