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'Pink Joy' rose Description
'Pink Joy (miniature, Moore 1953)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Barden, Paul
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
10 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD.  
ARS:
Deep pink Miniature.
Registration name: Pink Joy (miniature, Moore 1953)
Exhibition name: Pink Joy
Origin:
Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, before 1953).
Introduced in United States by Sequoia Nursery, Moore Miniature Roses Historic Archive in 1953 as 'Pink Joy'.
Class:
Miniature.  
Bloom:
Deep pink, lighter shading.  Moderate, violets fragrance.  25 to 35 petals.  Average diameter 1".  Small, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Small, pointed buds.  
Habit:
Short, bushy, well-branched.  Small, glossy, medium green foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 1' (30cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose or garden.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 1,378  on  19 Apr 1955   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 412,974  on  26 Feb 1954
Ralph S. Moore, Visalia, Calif.
...originated as a seedling in my nursery in Visalia, California, from the Oakington Ruby (unpatented miniature) as the seed parent, and an unknown pollen parent.
Parentage:
"Oakington Ruby" × Unknown
Notes:
The plant patent states that the pollen parent is unknown. Later references provide for selfing.