'Kaleidoscope' Rose

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'Kaleidoscope' rose Description

My HMF:

'Kaleidoscope (shrub, Walden, 1998)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of Cliff's High Desert Garden Archival Dec, 2011 last updated 101812

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• JACbow

HMF Ratings:

31 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

Mauve or mauve blend Shrub.
Registration name: JACbow

Origin:

Bred by John K. Walden (United States, 1998).
Introduced in United States by Bear Creek Gardens, Inc. in 1999 as 'Kaleidoscope'.
Introduced in Australia by Swane's Nursery/Swane Bros Pty Ltd in 2000.

Class:

Shrub.

Bloom:

Mauve or purple blend. Damask fragrance. 26 to 40 petals. Medium, double (17-25 petals) bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Height: 2' to 4' (60 to 120cm). Width: 4' (120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) . Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 11,690 on 12 Dec 2000 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/234,790 on 20 Jan 1999

Parentage:

Pink Polyanna ™ × Rainbow's End ™

Notes:

There's a color photograph of this rose in the November 1998 issue of the American Rose Society's American Rose magazine (p. 25).