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'Sweet Spot Ruby' rose Description
Photo courtesy of cjolliff
Class:
Hybrid Hulthemia persica.
Bloom:
Pink blend. None / no fragrance. Average diameter 1". Small, single (4-8 petals), in small clusters bloom form. Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.
Habit:
Short, compact, spreading. Semi-glossy, blue-green foliage. 5 leaflets.
Height: up to 20" (up to 50cm). Width: up to 20" (up to 50cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b and warmer. Can be used for container rose, garden or hanging basket.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 26,988 on 2 Aug 2016 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 14/120,791 on 27 Jun 2014 The new Rosa cultivar is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the inventor, Robert Ilsink, in Leersum, Netherlands. The objective of the breeding program was to produce new Rosa varieties for ornamental commercial applications. The cross resulting in this new variety was made during April of 2006.
The seed parent is the unpatented, proprietary variety referred to as Rosa `B274-02`. The pollen parent is the commercial variety referred to as Rosa `INTERBYLONERI`. The new variety was discovered in April of 2007 by the inventor in a group of seedlings resulting from the 2006 crossing, in a research greenhouse in Leersum, Netherlands.
Notes:
To be introduced as SweetSpot™ Ruby in the United States by Anthony Tesselaar USA, Inc. 2014
Parentages of some roses in this series involve seed parent Strabo Babylon and pollen parent Eridu Babylon
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