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'Pucker Up' rose Description
'Pucker Up' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Nor' East Miniature Roses
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
10 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Orange or orange-red Miniature.
Registration name: TINpuck
Exhibition name: Pucker Up
Origin:
Bred by Cecilia L. (Dee) Bennett (United States, 1982).
Introduced in United States by Tiny Petals Miniature Rose Nursery Historic Archive in 1983 as 'Pucker Up'.
Class:
Miniature.  
Bloom:
Orange or orange-red.  Mild fragrance.  23 petals.  Average diameter 1.5".  Exhibition bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Bushy.  

Height: up to 3' (up to 90cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 10b.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 5,407   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Parentage:
Notes:
A vigorous, fast growing plant that makes a huge supply of perfectly formed exhibition blooms in vibrant shades of oriental red. The long stems and dark green foliage enhance this varieties display.

Michael at Michael's Premier Roses describes this as a true orange-red with darker hand-painted edges when the weather is cool.