'Apricot Garland' Rose

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'Apricot Garland' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Brande

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• HORcoherent
• Nice 'n' Easy
• Oso Easy Peachy Cream

HMF Ratings:

25 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT.

ARS:

Apricot or apricot blend Shrub.
Registration name: HORcoherent

Origin:

Bred by Colin P. Horner (1933-2005) (United Kingdom, 1994).
Introduced by Unknown (South Africa) as 'Apricot Garland'.
Introduced in United Kingdom by Paul Chessum Rose Specialist in 2003 as 'Nice 'n' Easy'.
Introduced in United States by Proven Winners in 2009 as 'Oso Easy Peachy Cream'.

Class:

Shrub.

Bloom:

Buff - apricot, yellow center, apricot reverse, ages to cream . Mild, musk, sweet fragrance. 12 to 18 petals. Average diameter 2". Medium, double (17-25 petals), cluster-flowered, in large clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Ovoid buds.

Habit:

Medium, few or no prickles/thorns, spreading. Medium, glossy, dark green foliage. 7 leaflets.

Height: 20" to 2' (50 to 60cm). Width: up to 39" (up to 100cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower, garden, ground cover or landscape. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant, very blackspot resistant., very mildew resistant. Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom. 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.

Breeder's notes:

Extremely disease resistant.

Patents:

Canada - Patent No: 2584 on 25 Aug 2009
Application No: 04-4266 on 22 Jun 2004

Rights surrendered on August 23, 2019.
Breeder: Colin Peter Horner, Stransted, Essex, United Kingdom
Applicant: Spring Meadow Nursery, Inc.
'Horcoherent' originated from the cross made in 1994 between the female parent, 'Noatraum' and the male parent, 'Scrivluv' in Stanstead, Essex, UK.

United States - Patent No: PP 15,982 on 20 Sep 2005 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/882,872 on 1 Jul 2004

Inventors: Horner; Colin Peter (Stansted, GB)
Assignee: Spring Meadow Nursery, Inc. (Grand Haven, MI)
The new cultivar originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor in 1994 of the Rose cultivar Flower Carpet, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,282, as the female, or seed, parent with the Rose cultivar Scrivluv, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The cultivar Horcoherent was discovered and selected by the Inventor in 1995 as a single flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination in a controlled environment in Stansted, Essex, United Kingdom.

Ploidy:

Triploid

Parentage:

Flower Carpet ® Pink × Baby Love (miniature, Scrivens before 1991)

Notes:

Ploidy checked by David Zlesak