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'White Carpet' rose Description
'Natchez Cover ®' rose photo
Photo courtesy of David Elliott
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
54 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Medium pink Miniature.
Registration name: POUllen
Exhibition name: Little Bo-Peep (miniature, Olesen/Poulsen, 1989)
Origin:
Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, before 1989). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, before 1989).
Introduced in United States by DeVor Nurseries, Inc. in 1994 as 'Little Bo-Peep'.
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 2001 as 'Gentle Cover'.
Class:
Miniature, Patio, Shrub.   (Series: Towne & Country ® Series)  
Bloom:
Pink, orange stamens.  Mild, fruity fragrance.  33 to 37 petals.  Average diameter 1.25".  Large, full (26-40 petals), cluster-flowered, in large clusters, flat bloom form.  Prolific, blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Small, pointed buds.  
Habit:
Short, armed with thorns / prickles, compact, well-branched.  Small, semi-glossy, dark green, dense foliage.  

Height: 1' to 26" (30 to 65cm).  Width: 1' to 18" (30 to 45cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 4b through 10b.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.  Vigorous.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  
Patents:
Australia - Application No: 1995/033  on  1995   VIEW PBR PATENT
 
Canada - Patent No: 0555  on  7 Dec 1998
Application No: 96-718  on  18 Jan 1996
Rights surrendered on December 18, 2012.
Denomination: 'POULlen'
Trade name: Natchez
 
European Union - Patent No: 354  on  2 Aug 1996
Application No: 95/0597
Holder: Poulsen Roser ApS. Denomination approved: POULLEN.
 
United States - Patent No: PP 9,273  on  5 Sep 1995   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/310,712  on  21 Sep 1994
Inventors: Olesen; Pernille (Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of rose plant of the miniature rose class, which was originated by my crossing as seed and pollen parents two unnamed, unpatented and proprietary seedlings of our creation
Notes:
Arena Rose Co.'s Catalog 2000 says Natchez (aka 'Gentle Cover') has clusters of small, medium pink blooms...