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'Orange Honey' rose Description
'Orange Honey' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Rose & Victory Garden
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
18 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Orange blend Miniature.
Registration name: Orange Honey
Exhibition name: Orange Honey
Origin:
Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1979).
Introduced in United States by Sequoia Nursery, Moore Miniature Roses Historic Archive as 'Orange Honey'.
Class:
Miniature.  
Bloom:
Orange and yellow.  Mild, fruity fragrance.  20 to 23 petals.  Average diameter 1.5".  Large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, high-centered to cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Pointed buds.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy, spreading.  Medium, matte, medium green foliage.  

Height: 15" to 23" (40 to 60cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.  Shade tolerant.  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 4,496  on  22 Jan 1980   VIEW USPTO PATENT
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