'Hot Cocoa ™' Rose

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'Hot Cocoa ™' rose Description

My HMF:

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Hot Chocolate (floribunda, Carruth, 2002)
• Nubya
• WEKpaltlez

HMF Ratings:

41 favorite votes.
EXCELLENT- overall member rating.

ARS:

Russet Floribunda.
Registration name: WEKpaltlez
Exhibition name: Hot Cocoa ™, Nubya

Origin:

Bred by Tom Carruth (2002) United States.
Introduced in United States (2003) by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc..

Class:

Floribunda / Cluster Flowered. Easy-To-Love ™.

Bloom:

Russet. Mild, fruity fragrance. 25 to 30 petals. Average diameter 4". Large, double (17-25 petals), ruffled bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Height of 42" (105 cm). Width of 4½' (135 cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b and warmer. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant. 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 15,155 on 21 Sep 2004 VIEW USPTO PATENT

Parentage:

Seed:	Playboy × Altissimo ®
Pollen:	Livin' Easy ™

Notes:

Hot Cocoa was christened "Nubya" in Switzerland (June 2002) in honor of lady singer Nubya (b. 1974)