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'Polar Express ™' rose Description
Photo courtesy of The Rose Geek
HMF Ratings:
6 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT.
ARS:
White, near white or white blend Shrub.
Exhibition name: Polar Express ™
Class:
Floribunda, Shrub. (Series: Sunbelt® Collection)
Bloom:
White, cream undertones. Mild fragrance. 35 to 40 petals. Average diameter 2". Medium, full (26-40 petals), cluster-flowered, cupped-to-flat bloom form. Small, leafy sepals, pointed, ovoid buds.
Habit:
Bushy, upright. Semi-glossy, medium green foliage. 5 leaflets.
Height: up to 4' (up to 120cm). Width: 35" to 39" (90 to 100cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 9b. Disease susceptibility: blackspot resistant, mildew resistant.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 24,849 on 9 Sep 2014 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 13/573,185 on 28 Aug 2012 The new variety of rose plant of the present invention originated from a controlled crossing in a breeding program of two distinct parents during the summer of 1998. The crossing was between an ‘un-named seedling’, the seed parent, and another ‘un-named seedling’, the pollen parent, from the same inventor.
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