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'Citrus Splash ™' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Lorik
HMF Ratings:
25 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT-.
ARS:
Orange blend Shrub. Registration name: JACzorbaExhibition name: Citrus Splash ™
Bloom:
Orange-red, yellow streaks, stripes, flecks. Moderate, fruity fragrance. 15 to 20 petals. Average diameter 2.75". Medium, semi-double to double, in large clusters, cupped-to-flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Medium, upright. Medium, glossy, dark green foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.
Height: up to 4½' (up to 135cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower, garden or hedge. Heat tolerant. 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 19,489 on 25 Nov 2008 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 11/998,253 on 28 Nov 2007 Inventors: Zary; Keith W. (Thousand Oaks, CA)
... originated by me by crossing an unnamed apricot-yellow floribunda variety (unpatented, seed parent) with an unnamed striped red and white shrub rose (unpatented, pollen parent). The parentage of the seed parent is `JACrun` (unpatented).times.`JACjem`, (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,001). The parentage of the pollen parent is an unnamed yellow floribunda.times.`MACminmo` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,319).....Observations made from January 2006 to October 2007 from plants that were four years of age of completion of observation, grown in a garden environment at Somis, Calif.
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