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'JACdandy' rose Description
'Caramel Kisses ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Beth's Northern CA Rose Garden
Availability:
Commercially available
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Mauve or mauve blend Miniature.
Registration name: JACdandy
Exhibition name: Caramel Kisses ™
Origin:
Bred by Dr. Keith W. Zary (United States, before 2004).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (post 1970) in 2007 as 'Caramel Kisses'.
Class:
Miniature.   (Series: Garden Ease ™ Collection)  
Bloom:
Mauve or purple blend.  Lavendar and tan.  None to mild fragrance.  up to 25 petals.  Average diameter 1.5".  Small to medium, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Medium, compact.  Small, glossy, dark green foliage.  5 leaflets.  

Height: 32" to 40" (80 to 100cm).  Width: 32" to 3' (80 to 90cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom.  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 19,485  on  25 Nov 2008   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/998,353  on  28 Nov 2007
Inventors: Zary; Keith W. (Thousand Oaks, CA)
....originated by me by crossing the rose plant `JACbow` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,690, seed parent) with the rose plant `Chipmunk` (unpatented, pollen parent)....Observations were made from January 2006 to October 2007 of plants of the new variety grown in a garden environment in Somis, Calif. The observations below are of three year old plants.
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