Newsletter  (2021)  Page(s) Summer issue, p. 1.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rosa ‘Ray Ponton’ was generously donated by Mike Shoup in remembrance of Ray Ponton who passed away this year. Ray hybridized many beautiful roses, and it seems only appropriate that he has a rose named in his honor. The rose should be available at the Antique Rose Emporium in Spring 2022. The polyantha was hybridized by Andrew Barocco by using an open pollinated hip of Oso Happy Smoothie, which was bred by David Zlesak. ‘Ray Ponton’ is 2” tall by 2.5-3” wide. It is a deep pink, mauve or purple blend with 1” blooms that have 40 slightly fragrant petals.