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'TUCkamy' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Marian Corbin's Garden
HMF Ratings:
14 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT-.
ARS:
Light pink Mini-Flora. Registration name: TUCkamy Exhibition name: Amy Grant
Bloom:
Light pink. Mild fragrance. 17 to 25 petals. Average diameter 1.75". Medium to large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Medium, few or no prickles/thorns, upright. Medium, glossy, dark green foliage.
Height: 18" to 2' (45 to 60cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b and warmer. Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden. Disease susceptibility: disease resistant. Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 12,270 on 11 Dec 2001 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 476812 on 3 Jan 2000 Miniature rose plant named TUCkamy
Robert T. Tucker, Franklin, Tennessee
Parentage: 'Loving Touch' x 'White Masterpiece'
Commercial synonym: Amy Grant
... primarily identified by its light pink buds and flowers, hybrid tea form and glossy dark green foliage... moderately thorny... Medium fragrance... an average height by 14-24 inches... Bloom size: Medium to Large for a dwarf-type rose; Average open size is 2 to 3 inches across... Petalage: Double; Number of petals under normal conditions: 17-25... Sets Hips readily...
Notes:
There's a color photograph of this rose in the November 1998 issue of the American Rose Society's American Rose magazine (p. 22).
Nor'East Miniature Roses is donating 50-cents for every Amy Grant rose they sell to support the operation of The Target House at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
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