'INTerpachy' Rose

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'INTerpachy' rose Description

My HMF:

'Happy Chappy ® (Shrub, Ilsink before 1997)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of aprille

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Happy Chappy ®
• INTERhappy

HMF Ratings:

26 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

Origin:

Bred by Gerrit Pieter Ilsink (Netherlands, before 1997).
Introduced in Netherlands by Interplant BV in 1999 as 'Happy Chappy'.
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins (Wholesale) in 2007 as 'Happy Chappy'.

Class:

Shrub. (Series: Garden Ease ™ Collection, Ultimate Rose ™ Collection)

Bloom:

Pink, orange shading, yellow stamens. Mild fragrance. 5 petals. Average diameter 2". Medium, single (4-8 petals), flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Pointed, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Medium, mounded, spreading. Glossy, dark green foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.

Height: up to 2' (up to 60cm). Width: up to 4' (up to 120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for ground cover. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant, blackspot resistant. Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom. 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 19,646 on 20 Jan 2009 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/986,558 on 20 Nov 2007

A shrub rose plant named `INTERhappy`, characterized by a combination of dark green, glossy foliage; flowers that are a yellow-orange color; and a compact form, particularly suitable as a groundcover.
Inventors: Ilsink; Peter (Leersum, NL)
Assignee: Jackson & Perkins Wholesale, Inc. (Hodges, SC)

Parentage:

Unnamed Seedling × INTerdust

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