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'Simplicity ®' rose Description
'Simplicity ® (floribunda, Warriner, 1976)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of May Kald's Garden
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Commercially available
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Average rating: GOOD-.  
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Medium pink Floribunda.
Registration name: JACink
Exhibition name: Simplicity ®
Origin:
Bred by William A. Warriner (United States, before 1976).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (post 1970) in 1979 as 'Simplicity'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Pink.  None to mild fragrance.  14 to 20 petals.  Average diameter 3.5".  Medium, semi-double to double, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, flat bloom form.  Prolific, blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Long, pointed buds.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy, upright.  Large, leathery foliage.  

Height: 5' (150cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, garden, hedge or landscape.  Vigorous.  Disease susceptibility: disease resistant.  Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom.  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 4,089  on  2 Jul 1977   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 05/718,983  on  30 Aug 1976
This present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of rose plant of the floribunda class which was originated by me by crossing the variety Iceberg (unpatented) with pollen from an unnamed variety.
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