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'Candy Land™' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Kelley Macdonald
HMF Ratings:
36 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT-.
ARS:
Pink blend Large-Flowered Climber. Registration name: WEKrosopelaExhibition name: Candy Land™
Class:
Climber, Large-Flowered Climber.
Bloom:
Pink blend, stripes. Rosy pink shot with cream. Mild, tea fragrance. 9 to 18 petals. Average diameter 4". Large, semi-double to double, borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Tall, climbing, spreading. Large, glossy, light green foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.
Height: 12' to 15' (365 to 455cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 9b. Can be used for cut flower or garden. Hardy. vigorous. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant. Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom. Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood.. Remove unproductive wood every third year or so.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 19,776 on 24 Feb 2009 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 11/985,891 on 19 Nov 2007 Inventors: Carruth; Thomas F. (Altadena, CA)
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Climbing Rose. It has as its seed parent the variety known as `WEKtorroc` not patented) and as its pollen parent the variety known as `SCRivo` (not patented).....description is of 3 to 4 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Pomona, Calif.
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