'Acapulco Sunset' Rose

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'Acapulco Sunset' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Jennifer & Jim Hughes

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Dream Orange ™
• TWOaebi

HMF Ratings:

28 favorite votes.

ARS:

Orange blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: TWOaebi
Exhibition name: Dream Orange ™

Origin:

Bred by Jerry F. Twomey (United States, 1995).
Introduced in United States by Anthony Tesselaar USA, Inc. in 1999 as 'Dream Orange'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Orange-red. Mild fragrance. up to 57 petals. Average diameter 4.25". Large, very full (41+ petals) bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Rounded buds.

Habit:

Medium. Medium, matte, medium green foliage.

Height: 3' to 4' (90 to 120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 7b and warmer. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant. 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) . Needs little care; relatively disease-free and quite hardy.

Patents:

Australia - Patent No: AU2283P on 1 Sep 2003
Application No: 1999/223 on 5 Aug 1999 VIEW PBR PATENT

seed parent ‘JACsal’ syn Cherish x pollen parent un-named seedling (‘JACeven’ syn Evening Star x ‘MACtrum’ syn Trumpeter. Hybridisation took place in Wasco, California, USA in 1995 ...Breeder: Jeremiah F. Twomey, Wasco, CA, USA
First sold in USA in Apr 1999. First Australian sale in Oct 2000.

Canada - Patent No: 1113 on 14 Jan 2002
Application No: 99-2050 on 24 Dec 1998

Rights revoked on May 31, 2006.
Breeder: Jeremiah Forster Twomey, Leucadia, United States of America

European Union - Patent on 1999

New Zealand - Patent on 1999

United States - Patent No: PP 11,525 on 26 Sep 2000 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/220,904 on 24 Dec 1998

Parentage according to the patent is: Cherish x unnamed red-flowered Floribunda seedling. TWOaebi was patented as a hybrid tea.

Parentage:

seed:	Cherish
pollen:	Evening Star ® (floribunda, Warriner, 1974) × Trumpeter

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