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'My Friend' rose Description
Photo courtesy of jedmar
ARS:
Light pink Floribunda.
Registration name: My Friend (floribunda, Motose 1955)
Bloom:
White, light pink shading. Apple-blossom-pink. None to mild, tea fragrance. 30 petals. Average diameter 2.5". Medium, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped-to-flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Small, pointed, ovoid buds.
Habit:
Short, bushy, well-branched. Small, dark green, leathery foliage. 3 to 5 leaflets.
Height: 18" to 3' (45 to 90cm).
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:
United States - Patent No: PP 1,460 on 13 Mar 1956 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 502,537 on 19 Apr 1955 Thomas edison Motose, Fairport, N. Y.
...originating as a cross between a seedling of the known variety Garnette (not patented) and a sport of the known variety Summer Snow...the sport thereof used as a parent of the present invention is almost thornless.
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