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'Falling in Love ™' rose Description
'Falling in Love ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Jean Marion
Availability:
Commercially available
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HMF Ratings:
32 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Pink blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: WEKmoomar
Exhibition name: Falling in Love ™
Origin:
Bred by Tom Carruth (United States, before 2004).
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 2007.
Introduced in Australia by Swane's Nursery/Swane Bros Pty Ltd in circa 2009 as 'Falling in Love'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Pink, cream reverse.  Mild to strong, fruity fragrance.  26 to 33 petals.  Average diameter 4.75".  Very large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Medium, armed with thorns / prickles, bushy, upright.  Large, semi-glossy, dark green foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 4'1" to 4'7" (125 to 140cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower or garden.  Very vigorous.  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 19,872  on  31 Mar 2009   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/986,368  on  20 Nov 2007
Inventors: Carruth; Thomas F. (Altadena, CA)
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea Rose. It has as its seed parent the variety known as `WEKcryland` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,384) and as its pollen parent the variety known as `WEKsunspat` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,398)..... description is of 3 to 4 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Pomona, Calif
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