'Jolly Cupido' Rose

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'Jolly Cupido' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Cynthia Hart's Rose Garden

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• RUIxandra

HMF Ratings:

10 favorite votes.

ARS:

Red blend Miniature.
Registration name: RUIxandra
Exhibition name: Jolly Cupido

Origin:

Bred by Antonius A. Pouw (Netherlands, 1990).
Introduced in Netherlands by De Ruiter's Nieuwe Rozen B.V. in 1992 as 'Jolly Cupido'.

Class:

Miniature.

Bloom:

White, red streaks, stripes, flecks, pink streaks, stripes, flecks. None / no fragrance. 35 petals. Average diameter 1.5". Small to medium, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, rosette bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Pointed, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Compact, rounded, spreading.

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.

Patents:

Canada - Application No: 96-917 on 23 Jul 1996

Application withdrawn on August 23, 2002.
Breeder: H.C.A. de Groot, De Ruiter's Nieuwe Rozen B.V., De Kwakel, Netherlands

United States - Patent No: PP 9,734 on 10 Dec 1996 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/549,951 on 30 Oct 1995

A distinctive cultivar of miniature rose plant named Ruixandra, characterized by its very large white, red and pink tri-color flowers; numerous flowers per plant; and long shelf-life....The new cultivar originated from a cross made by the inventor in 1990 of two unnamed proprietary seedlings.
Inventors: Pouw; Antonius A. (Hazerswoude, NL)
Assignee: De Ruiter's Nieuwe Rozen B.V. (Hazerswoude, NL)

Parentage:

Unnamed Seedling × Unnamed Seedling

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