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'POUlgret' rose Description
'Hampton Palace' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Anna Oleynikova
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
12 favorite votes.  
ARS:
White, near white or white blend Mini-Flora.
Registration name: POUlgret
Origin:
Discovered by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1990). Discovered by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1990).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 1996 as 'Hampton Palace'.
Class:
Mini-Flora, Patio.   (Series: Palace ® Collection)  
Bloom:
Cream, pink edges.  Mild fragrance.  25 to 28 petals.  Average diameter 2.25".  Small to medium, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, in large clusters, flat, reflexed, ruffled bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Medium, compact.  Small, glossy, dark green, dense foliage.  

Height: 28" to 32" (70 to 80cm).  Width: 30" to 35" (75 to 90cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 4b through 10b.  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: 0498  on  28 Aug 1998
Application No: 96-936  on  5 Sep 1996
Rights surrendered on August 18, 2010.
Denomination: 'POULgret'
Trade name: Hampton Palace
 
European Union - Patent No: 302  on  2 Aug 1996
Application No: 19950432  on  25 Jul 1995
Holder: Poulsen Roser ApS. Denomination approved: POULGRET.
First commercialisation in EU: 27/01/1993
Expiry of protection on February 1, 2019.
 
United States - Patent No: PP 10,729  on  22 Dec 1998   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/864,849  on  29 May 1997
Inventors: Olesen; L. Pernille (Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK)
The present discovery constitutes a new and distinct variety of floribunda rose plant which was discovered in a cultivated area. The mutation resulted from POULskov...The variety was discovered in the autumn of 1990.
Notes:
According to the Canadian Plant Breeders' Rights Office, an application (No. 96-936) for POULgret was filed by Poulsen Roser ApS. Certificate No. 0498 was granted on August 28, 1998.