'Millennium' Rose

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'Millennium' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Maurice REYBAUD

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• JACbitou
• Millénium (hybrid tea, Zary, 1999)
• Success Story
• Weight Watcher Success ™

HMF Ratings:

28 favorite votes.

ARS:

Yellow blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: JACbitou
Exhibition name: Weight Watcher Success ™

Origin:

Bred by Dr. Keith W. Zary (United States, 1999).
Introduced in United States by Bear Creek Gardens, Inc. as 'Weight Watcher Success'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Yellow and pink. Spice fragrance. 25 petals. Average diameter 5". Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Height: 4' to 4½' (120 to 135cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 7b and warmer. 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. Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 11,838 on 24 Apr 2001 VIEW USPTO PATENT

A hybrid tea rose plant having dark green, glossy disease-resistant foliage
on a vigorous, upright but compact plant having large, yellow and pink
blend fragrant flowers.

Inventors:	Zary; Keith W. (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Assignee:	Jackson & Perkins Wholesale, Inc. (Medford, OR)

Parentage:

Henry Fonda × French Perfume

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