'Verona' Rose

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'Verona' rose Description

My HMF:

'Verona (floribunda, Swim & Weeks, 1963)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of passiflora

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

8 favorite votes.

ARS:

Light pink Floribunda.
Registration name: Verona (floribunda, Swim & Weeks, 1963)
Exhibition name: Verona

Origin:

Bred by Swim & Weeks (United States, 1963).
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. as 'Verona'.

Class:

Floribunda, Florists Rose.

Bloom:

Light pink. None to mild, tea fragrance. Average diameter 2.75". Very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, high-centered bloom form. Prolific, blooms in flushes throughout the season. Long, pointed buds.

Habit:

Bushy, few or no prickles/thorns. Dark green, leathery foliage.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b and warmer. Vigorous. 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 2,282 on 10 Sep 1963 VIEW USPTO PATENT

The patent abstract shows the inventors of this rose as Herbert C. Swim and O.L. Weeks.

Parentage:

Spartan (floribunda, Boerner before 1954) × Garnette

Notes:

Named after Verona, wife of Ollie Weeks.