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'Honey Perfume ™' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Eric H.
HMF Ratings:
68 favorite votes. Average rating:
EXCELLENT.
ARS:
Apricot or apricot blend Floribunda. Registration name: JACarqueExhibition name: Honey Perfume ™
Bloom:
Yellow, apricot shading. Flowers apricot-yellow. Strong, spice, sweet fragrance. 30 to 35 petals. Average diameter 4.25". Large, full (26-40 petals), in small clusters, cupped bloom form. Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season. Long, pointed, ovoid buds.
Habit:
Medium, compact, upright, well-branched. Large, glossy, medium green foliage. 7 leaflets.
Height: 3' to 42" (90 to 105cm). Width: 2' to 35" (60 to 90cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower or garden. Very vigorous. does not do well in warmer climates. Disease susceptibility: blackspot 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.
Patents:
Australia - Patent No: AU3355P on 17 Aug 2007 Application No: 2004/213 on 26 Jul 2004 VIEW PBR PATENT‘AROfres’ x ‘Amber Queen’. ...Breeder: Keith Zary, Jackson & Perkins Wholesale, Inc., Somis, CA, USA.
First sold in USA in Dec 2003. First Australian sale Jun 2004. South Africa - Patent on 2001 United States - Patent No: PP 16,250 on 14 Feb 2006 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 10/848,733 on 18 May 2004 Inventors: Zary; Keith W. (Somis, CA)
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of floribunda rose plant named `JACarque` which was originated by me by crossing the variety `AROfres,` (not patented), with the variety `HARroony`(Amber Queen), U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,582..... Observations made from plants commencing at two years of age grown in a garden environment at Somis and Wasco, Calif.
Notes:
Internal breeder code: 93.00129. No. 040 in the 2001 Monza Competition (Source: Website Roseto Niso Fumagalli).
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