'Pink Favourite' Rose

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'Pink Favourite' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Henrique Rodrigues Vivián

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Pink Favorite

HMF Ratings:

17 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Pink Favorite

Origin:

Bred by Gordon J. Von Abrams (United States, before 1955).
Introduced in United States by Peterson & Dering in 1956 as 'Pink Favorite'.
Introduced in United Kingdom by C. Gregory & Son Ltd. in 1960 as 'Pink Favorite'.
Introduced by Unknown (Australia) in 1961 as 'Pink Favourite'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Deep pink. Neyron rose. Mild, spice fragrance. 21 to 28 petals. Average diameter 4.75". Very large, very double, borne mostly solitary, in small clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Medium, long, pointed buds.

Habit:

Compact, upright, well-branched. Medium, glossy, dark green, leathery foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.

Height: 30" to 4¼' (75 to 130cm). Width: up to 2' (up to 60cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 1,523 on 2 Oct 1956 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 544,626 on 2 Nov 1955

Gordon J. Von Abrams, Scappoose, Oreg., assignor to Eldon Pinkey Dering, doing business under the name of Peterson & Dering, Scappoose, Oreg.

Parentage:

seed:	Juno (hybrid tea, Swim, 1948)
pollen:	Georg Arends (hybrid perpetual, Hinner, 1910) × New Dawn (large flowered climber, Dreer 1930)

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