• SPRomerry

Pink blend Miniature.
Registration name: Merry Mari Hooper
Exhibition name: Merry Mari Hooper

Bred by James A. Sproul (United States).

Miniature.  

Pink blend with dark purple central blotch..  None to mild fragrance.  5 to 6 petals.  Average diameter 1.5".  Small to medium, single (4-8 petals), borne mostly solitary bloom form.  Moderate, blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Medium, pointed buds.  

Medium, bushy.  Medium, semi-glossy, medium green foliage.  

Height: 14" to 2' (35 to 60cm).  Width: 14" to 2' (35 to 60cm).

Can be used for beds and borders, container rose or garden.  Disease susceptibility: disease resistant, blackspot resistant, mildew resistant.  Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom.  Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood..  Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).  Can be pruned to maintain a shorter habit.  

The ‘Merry Mari Hooper’ rose is named after my good rose friend Mari Hooper. Always cheerful, Mari Hooper was my earliest rose fan and always encouraged me in my rose breeding hobby. She was also one of a handful of rose friends who planted all 41,589 of my rose seeds in February 2003 when I was not able to after I broke my leg (that ultimately had to be amputated). I will never forget that kindness. Mari is currently living in Texas and tells me that she misses the ease of growing roses in California.

Note that the seedling is the seed parent heritage is an extinct thornless miniature Hulthemia seedling of mine with a complex ancestry.
Also, the seedling in the pollen parent’s notation is an extinct miniature Hulthemia seedling, but different from that on the side of the seed parent.