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    'Road 66' rose Description
    'Route 66' rose photo
    Photo courtesy of Bierkreek, kwekerij, de
    Availability:
    Commercially available
    Synonyms:
    • Route 66
    • WEKmorfis
    HMF Ratings:
    28 favorite votes.  
    Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
    ARS:
    Mauve or mauve blend Shrub.
    Registration name: WEKmorfis
    Origin:
    Bred by Tom Carruth (United States, 2001).
    Class:
    Shrub.  
    Bloom:
    Purple, white center.  Strong, clove fragrance.  5 petals.  Average diameter 3".  Single (4-8 petals), cluster-flowered bloom form.  Pointed, ovoid buds.  
    Habit:

    Height: up to 47" (up to 120cm).  
    Growing:
    USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  
    Patents:
    Australia - Patent No: AU3699P  on  9 Jan 2009
    Application No: 2007/083  on  9 Mar 2007   VIEW PBR PATENT
    First sold in USA in Dec 2003. First Australian sale Jun 2006.
     
    United States - Patent No: PP 15,374  on  30 Nov 2004   VIEW USPTO PATENT
    Application No: 10/243,204  on  13 Sep 2002
    Parentage:
    seed: [Sweet Chariot x Blue Nile] × Purple Splendour
    pollen: [International Herald Tribune X 79520-B6] × [Sweet Chariot x Blue Nile]
    Notes:
    Velvet black-purple shrub with a white eye