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'Absolute Hit' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Cass
ARS:
Orange or orange-red Mini-Flora. Registration name: POUlrougeExhibition name: Absolute Hit
Class:
Mini-Flora, Patio. (Series: PatioHit ® Collection)
Bloom:
Orange or orange-red. None / no fragrance. 30 to 35 petals. Average diameter 1.5". Small, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered to flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Small, pointed, ovoid buds.
Habit:
Short, compact, upright. Small foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.
Height: 10" to 2' (25 to 60cm). Width: 6" to 8" (15 to 20cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer. Disease susceptibility: susceptible to Mildew. 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:
Canada - Patent No: 0607 on 7 Apr 1999 Application No: 95-595 on 14 Aug 1995 Rights surrendered on July 28, 2008.
Denomination: 'POULrouge'
Trade name: Absolute Hit European Union - Patent No: 300 on 2 Aug 1996 Application No: 19950362 on 25 Jul 1995 Holder: Poulsen Roser ApS. Denomination approved: POULROUGE.
First commercialisation in EU: 21/12/1993
Expiry of protection on 1/1/2019. United States - Patent No: PP 9,687 on 12 Nov 1996 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 08/588,053 on 19 Jan 1996 Inventors: Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Pernille (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of rose plant of the miniature class which was originated by our crossing the variety POULion, not patented, with an unnamed seedling.
Notes:
A correspondent writes: I purchased Violet Hit as a potted rose from a local store. It was nice in the pot, but when I put it out in my garden it got bigger and bloomed better than any of my 600 or so other roses. I actually planted a hedge of damaged plants that I purchased which the store was going to throw away and they came back and out performed every thing else in my garden. Why hasn't someone started selling them as outside plants for northern climates (zone 5)?
Their sister plants 'Absolute Hit' and 'Perfect Hit' are great, too, and offer marvelous color. 'Absolute Hit' is red, 'Perfect Hit' a salmon pink. For anyone doing dried flowers they are gorgeous and for edging a driveway or walkway with short roses they are the best to be found I think. I have been a rose grower and dried flower supplier for several years so I am not a novice. I really would like to see these roses available to public as garden roses.
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