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'Continued Friendship' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Marina's Garden. Crawfordville, FL
HMF Ratings:
91 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT.
Bloom:
Golden-yellow. Strong, anise, apricot or peach, citrus, clove, myrrh, violets fragrance. 100 to 120 petals. Average diameter 4". Large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped-to-flat, old-fashioned, quartered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Rounded buds.
Habit:
Medium, upright, well-branched. Large, glossy, dark green, leathery foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.
Height: 47" to 4¼' (120 to 130cm). Width: 39" to 47" (100 to 120cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for cut flower, garden, landscape or shrub. Disease susceptibility: very 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.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 16,707 on 20 Jun 2006 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 10/969,750 on 19 Oct 2004 Inventors: Zary; Keith W. (Agoura Hills, CA)
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of a shrub rose plant named `JACbelgo` which was originated by me by crossing the variety `JACjubel`, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,657, with the variety `AUSgold`, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,688.....Observations made of plants commencing at three years of age in a garden environment at Somis, Calif., from January 2003 to August 2004.
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