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'Alicante Hit' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Simon Voorwinde
HMF Ratings:
22 favorite votes.
Average rating:
FAIR+.
ARS:
Deep pink Mini-Flora. Exhibition name: Alicante
Class:
Mini-Flora. (Series: PatioHit ® Collection)
Bloom:
Deep pink. 35 to 40 petals. Average diameter 4.75". Medium, full (26-40 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, rosette bloom form. Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.
Habit:
Short, bushy, compact, upright. Semi-glossy, medium green foliage.
Height: 8" to 4' (20 to 120cm). Width: 8" to 2' (20 to 60cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for beds and borders, container rose or cut flower. Vigorous.
Patents:
Canada - Patent No: 3939 on 9 Sep 2010 Application No: 05-4946 on 3 Jun 2005 'Poulpah033' originated from a controlled cross made in 2002 in Fredensborg, Denmark. The female parent was the variety 'Poulhi008' and the male parent was an unnamed seedling. United States - Patent No: PP 17,509 on 20 Mar 2007 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 11/240,013 on 29 Sep 2005 Inventors: Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between the female seed parent `Poulhi008` described in illustrated in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 15,722, and the male pollen parent, an unnamed seedling. The two parents were crossed during the summer of 2002
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