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'75-21023' rose Description
'Intrigue (floribunda, Warriner 1982)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Ed Lee
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
88 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD+.  
Origin:
Bred by William A. Warriner (United States, 1975).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (post 1970) in 1982 as 'Intrigue'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Mauve.  Flowers reddish-purple.  Strong fragrance.  36 to 40 petals.  Average diameter 3.5".  Large, full (26-40 petals), in small clusters, flat, ruffled bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Bushy, compact, upright, well-branched.  Medium, glossy, dark green foliage.  5 leaflets.  

Height: 30" to 5' (75 to 150cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.  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.  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 5,002  on  22 Mar 1983   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 06/299,980  on  8 Sep 1981
Rose plant 75-21023-JACUM
Inventor: William A. Warriner, Tustin, Calif.
Assignee: Jackson & Perkins Company, Medford, Oreg.
...originated by me by crossing the variety White Masterpiece, U.S. Plant patent No. 2,988, with the variety Heirloom, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,234. The variety name, Jacum, has been given to this variety.
Notes:
Also available as a 24" Patio Tree Rose from Jackson & Perkins in 1999.