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'Big Time' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Kitty Belendez
ARS:
Deep pink Hybrid Tea.
Exhibition name: Big Time
Class:
Florists Rose, Hybrid Tea.
Bloom:
Fuchsia / magenta. None to mild fragrance. 38 petals. Average diameter 4.75". Medium-large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, exhibition, reflexed bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Long, ovoid buds.
Habit:
Bushy. Medium, semi-glossy, medium green foliage.
Growing:
USDA zone 7b and warmer. Can be used for cut flower. Produces decorative hips. 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:
Australia - Patent No: AU2584P on 13 Oct 2004 Application No: 2001/197 on 6 Aug 2001 VIEW PBR PATENTseed parent “unnamed seedling” x pollen parent ‘Interverma’. Both parents were characterised by their upright bushy growth habit with pink flowers. Hybridisation took place in Leersum, The Netherlands in 1995. ...Breeder: Ir. A.J.H. van Doesum, Leersum, The Netherlands.
First Australian sale Mar 2002. Netherlands - Patent on 1998
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