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'Candy Land™' rose Description
'Candy Land™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Kelley Macdonald
Availability:
Commercially available
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HMF Ratings:
36 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Pink blend Large-Flowered Climber.
Registration name: WEKrosopela
Exhibition name: Candy Land™
Origin:
Bred by Tom Carruth (United States, before 2004).
Introduced in United States by Edmunds' Roses in 2007.
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 2007.
Class:
Climber, Large-Flowered Climber.  
Bloom:
Pink blend, stripes.  Rosy pink shot with cream.  Mild, tea fragrance.  9 to 18 petals.  Average diameter 4".  Large, semi-double to double, borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Tall, climbing, spreading.  Large, glossy, light green foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 12' to 15' (365 to 455cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 9b.  Can be used for cut flower or garden.  Hardy.  vigorous.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom.  Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood..  Remove unproductive wood every third year or so.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 19,776  on  24 Feb 2009   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/985,891  on  19 Nov 2007
Inventors: Carruth; Thomas F. (Altadena, CA)
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Climbing Rose. It has as its seed parent the variety known as `WEKtorroc` not patented) and as its pollen parent the variety known as `SCRivo` (not patented).....description is of 3 to 4 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Pomona, Calif.
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