'Wow' Rose

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'Wow' Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of jedmar

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• RUIy5451

HMF Ratings:

5 favorite votes.

ARS:

Orange-pink Hybrid Tea.

Origin:

Bred by Henk C. A. De Groot (Netherlands, 1999).
Introduced in Netherlands by De Ruiter's Nieuwe Rozen B.V. in 2002 as 'Wow'.

Class:

Florists Rose, Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Orange-red. None / no fragrance. up to 25 petals. Average diameter 5.5". Very large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Large, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Bushy, narrow, upright. Large, semi-glossy, medium green foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.

Height: up to 16'8" (up to 510cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for cut flower or exhibition.

Patents:

Australia - Patent No: AU2949P on 5 Dec 2005
Application No: 2003/357 on 18 Dec 2003 VIEW PBR PATENT

seed parent ‘Pannaran’ x pollen parent ‘Ruizal’. The seed parent is characterised by its orange/pink blend flowers. The pollen parent is characterised by its salmon-pink flowers. Hybridisation took place in De Kwakel, The Netherlands, in 1999. ... Breeder: Mr H.C.A. De Groot, De Kwakel, The Netherlands.
First overseas sale The Netherlands, Aug 2002. First Australian sale Feb 2004.

European Union - Patent on 2002

United States - Patent No: PP 15,993 on 27 Sep 2005 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/406,918 on 4 Apr 2003

a new and distinct variety of rose plant of the hybrid tea rose class, which was created by crossing an undistributed, unpatented seedling as seed parent with the variety known as `Pannaran` as pollen parent (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,927).
Inventors: de Groot; H. C. A. (De Kwakel, NL)
Assignee: De Ruiter's Nieuwe B.V. (De Kwakel, NL)

Parentage:

Unnamed Seedling × Tropical Amazone ™

Notes:

Pollen and seed parent juxtaposed in the USA and Australian patents.