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'Laser' rose Description
'Laser (florist rose)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Imagination Rose
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
6 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Deep pink Grandiflora.
Exhibition name: Laser
Origin:
Bred by Seizo Suzuki (Japan, before 1990).
Introduced in Japan by Keisei Rose Nurseries Inc..
Class:
Florists Rose, Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Deep pink, lighter reverse, pink stamens.  None / no fragrance.  29 to 34 petals.  Large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, cupped, reflexed bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Medium, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Upright.  Dark green foliage.  

Height: 39" to 4¼' (100 to 130cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for cut flower.  Vigorous.  produces decorative hips.  Disease susceptibility: disease resistant.  
Patents:
Australia - Application No: 1990/069  on  4 Jun 1990   VIEW PBR PATENT
Applicant: Universal Plants SA
 
United States - Patent No: PP 7,739  on  10 Dec 1991   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 07/552,501  on  16 Jul 1990
Ploidy:
Tetraploid
Notes:
Parentage reported is from the United States patent number PP7739. The Australian patent lists the seed parent as 'Sonia' without a cross with an unnamed seedling.