'Happy Child' Rose

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'Happy Child' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of AnnK NCalif

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• AUScomp

HMF Ratings:

35 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD+.

ARS:

Medium yellow Shrub.
Registration name: AUScomp
Exhibition name: Happy Child

Origin:

Bred by David C. H. Austin (1926-2018) (United Kingdom, before 1992).
Introduced in United Kingdom by David Austin Roses Limited (UK) in 1993 as 'Happy Child'.
Introduced in United States by Heirloom Roses, Inc. (USA) in 1994 as 'Happy Child'.

Class:

Shrub. (Series: English Rose Collection)

Bloom:

Yellow. Moderate, sweet, tea rose fragrance. 100 to 160 petals. Average diameter 4". Large, very full (41+ petals), in small clusters, cupped-to-flat, old-fashioned bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Large, pointed, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Bushy, few or no prickles/thorns. Medium foliage. 5 leaflets.

Height: 3' to 4' (90 to 120cm). Width: up to 4' (up to 120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 5b through 10b.

Patents:

Australia - Application No: 1998/082 on 1998 VIEW PBR PATENT

European Union - Patent No: 330 on 2 Aug 1996
Application No: 19950460 on 24 Jul 1995

First commercialisation in EU: May 1, 1993; outside EU: 01/01/1994
Protection terminated on October 15, 2002.

New Zealand - Patent No: 1294 on 26 Aug 1997

United States - Patent No: PP 9,007 on 13 Dec 1994 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/181,987 on 13 Jan 1994

Observations made from specimens grown in a garden environment in Albrighton, Wolverhampton, England, in Jul. 1992.

Parentage:

seed:	seedling of Iceberg (floribunda, Kordes 1958) × Unnamed Seedling
pollen:	Hero ®

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