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'Joy of Health' rose Description
'Joy of Health' rose photo
Photo courtesy of DavidM
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
18 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Medium pink Floribunda.
Registration name: HARxever
Origin:
Bred by Harkness & Co. (United Kingdom, 1996).
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Pink.  Double (17-25 petals), full (26-40 petals), cupped, old-fashioned bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b 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.  
Patents:
Australia - Application No: 1997/065  on  1997   VIEW PBR PATENT
Notes:
It was named and released in Australia in 1996 to benefit the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund.