'Home Run ™' Rose

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'Home Run ™' rose Description

My HMF:

'Home Run ™(shrub, Carruth 2001)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of Calif Sue

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Fire Ball
• WEKcisbako

HMF Ratings:

41 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD+.

ARS:

Medium red Shrub.
Registration name: WEKcisbako

Origin:

Bred by Tom Carruth (United States, 2001).
Introduced in New Zealand by Matthews Nurseries Ltd..
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 2006.

Class:

Shrub.

Bloom:

Red. Bright red velvet. None to mild fragrance. up to 5 petals. Average diameter 3". Medium, single (4-8 petals), in small clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Medium, compact, rounded. Medium, matte, dark green foliage. 3 to 5 leaflets.

Height: 28" to 35" (70 to 90cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, garden or landscape. Disease susceptibility: disease 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.

Breeder's notes:

Powdery mildew & black spot free, very fast to cycle bloom, rounded tidy habit

Patents:

Australia - Patent No: AU5076P on 13 Aug 2015
Application No: 2011/238 on 7 Nov 2011 VIEW PBR PATENT

Unnamed seedling’ x ‘Radrazz’. .... Breeder: Tom Carruth, Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc., Upland, CA, USA...First sold in USA in December 2008 as ‘Home Run’; first sold in Australia in October 2011 as ‘Home Run’

New Zealand - Patent No: 30943 on 9 Aug 2013
Application No: ROS971 on 19 May 2011

Surrended Aug 22, 2018

United States - Patent No: PP 18,552 on 4 Mar 2008 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/478'045 on 28 Jun 2006

Inventors: Carruth; Thomas F. (Altadena, CA)
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Shrub Rose. It has an undisseminated seedling as its seed parent with the following genetic origin (City of San Francisco.times.Baby Love) (not patented), and as its pollen parent the variety known as `RADrazz` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,836).....description is of 3 to 4 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Upland, Calif. in the month of June

Ploidy:

Triploid

Parentage:

seed:	City of San Francisco ™ × Baby Love (miniature, Scrivens before 1991)
pollen:	Knock Out ®

Notes:

Different ploidy stated in 2023 reference.