'WEKhaplamelba' Rose

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'WEKhaplamelba' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of jedmar

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Sunset Happy Trails ™

Origin:

Bred by Tom Carruth (United States, before 2015).
Introduced in United States by Spring Hill Nurseries in 2022 as 'Sunset Happy Trails'.

Class:

Shrub.

Bloom:

Seashell-pink, red shading, light yellow undertones. Peach. Mild, spice, tea fragrance. 6 to 9 petals. Average diameter 1.5". Small, single to semi-double, in small clusters, cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Small, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Spreading, well-branched. Glossy, medium green foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.

Height: 9" to 18" (25 to 45cm). Width: 30" to 47" (75 to 120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 4b through 10a. Can be used for ground cover.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 31,034 on 12 Nov 2019 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 16/350,473 on 19 Nov 2018

Inventors: Carruth; Thomas F. (Altadena, CA)
Applicant: Early Morning LLC Lawrenceburg IN
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Ground Cover Rose. It has as its seed parent the variety known as `INTERhappy` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 19,646) and a non-disseminated seedling of my creation as its pollen parent with the following genetic origin `Playboy` x (`Mellow Yellow` x `Baby Love`). ... The branches used for the photograph came from 3 to 4 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Pomona, Calif. in the month of October.

Parentage:

seed:	Happy Chappy ® (Shrub, Ilsink before 1997)
pollen:	Playboy ® × [ Mellow Yellow ™ (hybrid tea, Carruth 2000) × Baby Love (miniature, Scrivens before 1991)]

Notes:

Michael Garhart advises in Website Omissions May 6, 2022 , the parentage is probably Happy Chappy x (Playboy x (Mellow Yellow x Baby Love) - see Patent