'Bay Cottage' Rose

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'Bay Cottage' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Cass

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Bay ™
• Poulcot003

HMF Ratings:

18 favorite votes.

ARS:

Deep pink.

Origin:

Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1995).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 2004 as 'Bay'.

Class:

Patio. (Series: Cottage ® Collection)

Bloom:

Deep pink. Cerise. None to mild fragrance. 6 petals. Average diameter 2". Medium, single (4-8 petals), in large clusters, flat, reflexed bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Ovoid buds.

Habit:

Short, bushy, compact, spreading. Glossy, medium green foliage. 7 leaflets.

Height: 16" to 2' (40 to 60cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for beds and borders, container rose or garden. Vigorous. produces decorative hips.

Patents:

Canada - Patent No: 3118 on 1 Feb 2008
Application No: 04-4401 on 13 Sep 2004

Rights surrendered on January 7, 2010.
Denomination: 'Poulcot003'
Trade name: Bay Cottage
Breeder: Wendy King-Turner, Motueka, New Zealand
'Poulcot003' was developed in the greenhouses of Poulsen Roser A/S in Fredensborg, Denmark. It originates from a cross performed in the summer of 1995 between female parent 'Bassino' and an unnamed seedling as male parent.

United States - Patent No: PP 16,544 on 16 May 2006 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/002,743 on 1 Dec 2004

Inventors: Olesen; Mogens (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of garden rose plant that originated from a controlled crossing between the female seed parent `Kormixal`, a non-patented variety, and the male pollen parent, an unnamed seedling. The two parents were crossed during the summer of 1995
Note on unknown male parent, from US Patent:
1. The male pollen parent has a flower diameter of 40 to 45 mm. ‘Poulcot003’ has a flower diameter of 53 mm on average.
2. The male pollen parent has fewer thorns than ‘Poulcot003’.
3. The male pollen parent has light pink flowers, while ‘Poulcot003’ has deep pink flowers.

Parentage:

Bassino ® × Unnamed Seedling

Notes:

Breeder listed in the Canadian patent application must be an error. Wendy King-Turner is otherwise a breeder of a pear tree 'Taylor's Gold'.