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'Citrus Splash ™' rose Description
'Citrus Splash ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Rosaholic's Southern California Garden
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Orange blend Shrub.
Registration name: JACzorba
Exhibition name: Citrus Splash ™
Origin:
Bred by Dr. Keith W. Zary (United States, before 2003).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (post 1970) in 2007.
Class:
Shrub.  
Bloom:
Orange-red, yellow streaks, stripes, flecks.  Moderate, fruity fragrance.  15 to 20 petals.  Average diameter 2.75".  Medium, semi-double to double, in large clusters, cupped-to-flat bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Medium, upright.  Medium, glossy, dark green foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: up to 4½' (up to 135cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower, garden or hedge.  Heat tolerant.  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:
United States - Patent No: PP 19,489  on  25 Nov 2008   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/998,253  on  28 Nov 2007
Inventors: Zary; Keith W. (Thousand Oaks, CA)
... originated by me by crossing an unnamed apricot-yellow floribunda variety (unpatented, seed parent) with an unnamed striped red and white shrub rose (unpatented, pollen parent). The parentage of the seed parent is `JACrun` (unpatented).times.`JACjem`, (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,001). The parentage of the pollen parent is an unnamed yellow floribunda.times.`MACminmo` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,319).....Observations made from January 2006 to October 2007 from plants that were four years of age of completion of observation, grown in a garden environment at Somis, Calif.
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