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ARS: Pink blend Hybrid Tea.Exhibition name: Astra
 
Class: Florists Rose, Hybrid Tea.   
Bloom: Pink blend.  None to mild fragrance.  up to 40 petals.  Average diameter 4.5".  Very large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, cupped-to-flat bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Medium, ovoid buds.   
Habit: Bushy, upright.  Glossy foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  
 Height: 20" (50cm).
 
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- Application No: 1993/138  on  1993   VIEW PBR PATENT   Canada - Application No: 94-364  on  14 Apr 1994 Application Withdrawn: 1997-06-16   United States - Patent No: PP 8,404  on  5 Oct 1993   VIEW USPTO PATENT Application No: 07/802,001  on  2 Dec 1991 Inventors:	de Ruiter; Gijsbert (Hazerswoude, NL)Assignee:	De Ruiter's Nieuwe Rozen B.V. (Hazerswoude, NL)
 The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of rose plant of the hybrid tea rose class, which was originated by me by crossing as the seed parent the variety known as `Ruidriko` U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,362, and as pollen parent the variety known as `Korlingo`, also known as `Kardinal`, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,846. The varietal denomination of the new variety is `Ruizesac`.
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