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'Bensiete' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Munsinger & Clemens Gardens-Virginia Clemens Rose Garden
HMF Ratings:
24 favorite votes.
Average rating:
GOOD+.
Bloom:
Peach, lighter reverse. None to mild fragrance. 32 to 80 petals. Average diameter 2.75". Large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, classic hybrid tea, exhibition, high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Medium, upright, well-branched. Medium, semi-glossy, dark green foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.
Height: 2' to 3' (60 to 90cm). Width: up to 30" (up to 75cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b and warmer. Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower, exhibition or garden. Hardy.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 21,696 on 8 Feb 2011 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 12/322,830 on 6 Feb 2009 Inventors: Benardella; Frank (Millstone Township, NJ)
Assignee: Nor'East Miniature Roses (Arroyo Grande, CA)
his new variety is from a single seedling originated by Frank A. Benardella under controlled conditions in a greenhouse in Millstone Township (formerly, Englishtown), N.J., by crossing the following two rose plants: The seed parent is a pink miniature rose from this same breeding program, `Perfection` (not patented). The pollen parent is a red hybrid tea, `JACecond`, (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,369). ..... Image number 3 shows a single bloom as grown in a shaded, plastic covered greenhouse in Arroyo Grande, Calif., in November of 2005.
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