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'MOORcap' rose Description
'Red Cascade' rose photo
Photo courtesy of DonaldQuRoses
Availability:
Commercially available
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HMF Ratings:
76 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Dark red Miniature, Cl..
Registration name: MOORcap
Exhibition name: Red Cascade
Origin:
Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1968).
Introduced in United States by Sequoia Nursery, Moore Miniature Roses Historic Archive in 1976 as 'Red Cascade'.
Class:
Climber, Miniature, Cl., Patio Rose, Cl..  
Bloom:
Crimson.  Mild fragrance.  Average diameter 1".  Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Tall, climbing, spreading.  

Height: 1' to 18" (30 to 45cm).  Width: 6' to 8' (185 to 245cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 10b.  Can be used for garden, ground cover or hanging basket.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 3,962  on  19 Oct 1976   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Ploidy:
Triploid
Notes:
Ploidy from root tip squash by David Zlesak.

The seed parent, 0-47-19 = Rosa wichurana Crépin × Floradora