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    'Smooth Lady' rose Description
    'Smooth Lady' rose photo
    Photo courtesy of Jean Marion
    Availability:
    Commercially available
    Synonyms:
    • HADlady
    HMF Ratings:
    17 favorite votes.  
    Average rating: GOOD+.  
    ARS:
    Medium pink Hybrid Tea.
    Registration name: HADlady
    Exhibition name: Smooth Lady
    Origin:
    Bred by Harvey D. Davidson (United States, 1986).
    Introduced in United States by Gurney's Seed & Nursery Co. as 'Smooth Lady'.
    Class:
    Hybrid Tea.  
    Bloom:
    Pink.  Spice fragrance.  21 petals.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
    Habit:
    Few or no prickles/thorns.  Glossy foliage.  

    Height: 39" to 5' (100 to 150cm).  
    Growing:
    USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  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 6,147   VIEW USPTO PATENT
    Parentage:
    seed: Smooth Sailing
    pollen:[ Polly × Peace (hybrid tea, Meilland 1935)] × Circus (floribunda, Swim 1954)
    Notes:
    Rose Barni says this rose is thornless (senza spine, in Italian).