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'Honey Perfume ™' rose Description
'Honey Perfume ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Eric H.
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
68 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Apricot or apricot blend Floribunda.
Registration name: JACarque
Exhibition name: Honey Perfume ™
Origin:
Bred by Dr. Keith W. Zary (United States, 1993).
Introduced in Australia by Swane's Nursery/Swane Bros Pty Ltd in 2004 as 'Honey Perfume'.
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (post 1970) in 2004 as 'Honey Perfume'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
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 PATENT
Application 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.
Ploidy:
Tetraploid
Notes:
Internal breeder code: 93.00129. No. 040 in the 2001 Monza Competition (Source: Website Roseto Niso Fumagalli).