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'Fountain Square' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Beth's Northern CA Rose Garden
HMF Ratings:
14 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT-.
ARS:
White, near white or white blend Hybrid Tea. Registration name: JACmurExhibition name: Fountain Square
Bloom:
White. Mild, citrus fragrance. 25 to 30 petals. Average diameter 5". Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Tall. Large, semi-glossy, dark green foliage.
Height: up to 5' (up to 150cm).
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:
United States - Patent No: PP 6,805 on 16 May 1989 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 07/139,210 on 29 Dec 1987 A rose variety of the hybrid tea class is provided having vigorous, well
branched growth, an abundance of large, dark green, semi-glossy foliage
with blooms of white (having a slight indication of yellow pigment) and
very little fragrance, and with numerous stipitate glands on the edge and
outer surface of sepals on the rachis.
| Inventors: |
Humenick; Muriel (Diamond Springs, CA) | | Assignee: |
Jackson & Perkins Company
(Medford,
OR)
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