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'Tiddly Winks ™' rose Description
'Tiddly Winks ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of carlysuko
Availability:
Commercially available
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HMF Ratings:
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Average rating: GOOD.  
ARS:
Orange blend Miniature.
Registration name: WEKglezneo
Exhibition name: Tiddly Winks ™
Origin:
Bred by Tom Carruth (United States, before 2005).
Introduced in United States by Nor' East Miniature Roses in 2008 as 'Tiddly Winks'.
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 2008 as 'Tiddly Winks'.
Class:
Miniature.  
Bloom:
Orange-pink, yellow reverse.  Flowers yellow with broad cerise edging upper.  None / no fragrance.  17 to 24 petals.  Average diameter 2.25".  Medium, double (17-25 petals), in small clusters, cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Short, bushy, compact.  Small, semi-glossy, medium green foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 1' to 18" (30 to 45cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.  Protect tender new spring growth from hard freezes that may cause canker, die-back and death of the plant. .  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.  Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood..  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 20,303  on  15 Sep 2009   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 12/214,368  on  17 Jun 2008
Inventors: Carruth; Thomas F. (Altadena, CA)
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Miniature Rose. It has an undisseminated seedling of my creation as its seed parent with the following genetic origin Golden Holstein.times.Livin' Easy and as its pollen parent the variety known as `WEKemilcho` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 15,256).....description is of 3 to 4 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Pomona, Calif. in the month of May.
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