'WEKgibotex' Rose

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'WEKgibotex' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Dawn M Johnson

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• John John ™

HMF Ratings:

5 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium yellow Floribunda.
Registration name: WEKgibotex
Exhibition name: John John ™

Origin:

Bred by Tom Carruth (United States, 1999).
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 2000 as 'John John'.

Class:

Floribunda.

Bloom:

Lemon-yellow. Mild fragrance. 25 petals. Average diameter 3.5". Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Height: 35" to 47" (90 to 120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b 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.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 13,106 on 22 Oct 2002 VIEW USPTO PATENT

Parentage:

seed:	Unnamed Seedling × Sunsprite (floribunda, Kordes 1973)
pollen:	Old Master × Texas (miniature, Olesen before 1981)

Notes:

John Kennedy, Jr., was born on November 25, 1960, in Washington, DC. He died on 16 July 1999.