'Chick-a-dee' Rose

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'Chick-a-dee' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Rosaholic's Southern California Garden

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• MORchick

HMF Ratings:

27 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium pink Miniature.
Registration name: MORchick
Exhibition name: Chick-a-dee

Origin:

Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1990).

Class:

Miniature.

Bloom:

Pink, stripes. Mild fragrance. 40 to 50 petals. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b and warmer. 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 7,942 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application on 1 Feb 1991

Parentage:

seed:	Cécile Brunner
pollen:	Dortmund × { Fairy Moss × [ Little Darling × Ferdinand Pichard]}

Notes:

Chick-a-dee was removed from the Auckland Regional Botanic Gardens (ARBG) Display Trial because all the plants died in the year they were planted.