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'Prima Donna ™' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Cliff's High Desert Garden Archival Dec, 2011 last updated 101812
HMF Ratings:
10 favorite votes.
Average rating:
GOOD.
ARS:
Deep pink Hybrid Tea. Registration name: TOBone
Class:
Florists Rose, Hybrid Tea.
Bloom:
Red - purple. None to mild fragrance. 25 to 29 petals. Average diameter 5". Very large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, high-centered, reflexed bloom form. Prolific, continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season. Pointed buds.
Habit:
Tall, compact, upright, well-branched. Glossy, medium green, dense, leathery foliage.
Height: 5'7" to 5'11" (170 to 180cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer. Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower or garden. Vigorous. 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 5,633 on 14 Jan 1986 VIEW USPTO PATENTA new variety of hybrid tea rose intended mainly for greenhouse culture and
the commercial production of cut flowers, characterized by a continuous
and profuse production of very large red-purple blooms carried on very
long, strong stems; its urn-shaped buds which open slowly to produce well
formed flowers having large petals which tend to marginally turn under and
form points; its free branching and vigorous growth habit; its abundant
production of glossy foliage and long last vase life; and its resistance
to diseases.
| Inventors: |
Shirakawa; Takeshi (Gamagori, JP) | | Assignee: |
Nakashima; Toshio
(San Leandro,
CA)
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