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'First Impression' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Kit
HMF Ratings:
15 favorite votes.
Average rating:
GOOD+.
ARS:
Deep yellow Floribunda. Registration name: SPRoimpressExhibition name: First Impression
Bloom:
Deep yellow. Mild fragrance. up to 40 petals. Average diameter 3.5". Medium to large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped-to-flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Ovoid buds.
Habit:
Medium, bushy, upright. Medium, semi-glossy, medium green foliage. 3 to 9 leaflets.
Height: 3' to 42" (90 to 105cm). Width: 9.5" to 15" (25 to 40cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden. Disease susceptibility: disease resistant.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 21,708 on 15 Feb 2011 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 12/322,885 on 9 Feb 2009 Inventors: Sproul; James (Bakersfield, CA)
Assignee: Nor'East Miniature Roses (Arroyo Grande, CA)
It is the result of crossing two seedlings from his breeding program: `WEKjoe` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,389) by `JACient` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,725) as seed parent; and `WEKblusi` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,188) by `SCRivluv` (unpatented), as pollen parent.... observations, measurements, values and comparisons are from a four-year-old plant of Rosa hybrida, `SPRoimpress`, as grown outdoors in Ipswich, Mass. .
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