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'Purple Passion ™' rose Description
'Purple Passion ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Jean Hansen
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
40 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Mauve or mauve blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: JAColpur
Exhibition name: Purple Passion ™
Origin:
Bred by Dr. Keith W. Zary (United States, 1999).
Class:
Grandiflora, Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Mauve or purple blend.  Strong, lemon fragrance.  30 petals.  Average diameter 4.5".  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:

Height: 5' (150cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 7b 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 11,801  on  13 Mar 2001   VIEW USPTO PATENT

Grandiflora rose plant having a vigorous, upright, well-branched growth
habit with dark green, glossy foliage, resistance to rust and powdery
mildew and large, red flowers having lighter color on petal reverse.



Inventors:
Zary; Keith W. (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Assignee:

Jackson & Perkins Wholesale, Inc.
(Medford,
OR)


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