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'Blush Veranda ®' rose Description
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'Blush Veranda ®' rose photo
Photo courtesy of AniaDS
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
38 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Light pink Floribunda.
Exhibition name: Blush Flower Circus ®
Origin:
Bred by W. Kordes & Sons (Germany, 1999).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Wholesale) in 2007 as 'Blush Flower Circus'.
Class:
Shrub.   (Series: Flower Circus® Collection)  
Bloom:
Cream, light pink center.  Blush centers.  Moderate fragrance.  65 petals.  Average diameter 2.75".  Medium to large, very full (41+ petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped, flat to cupped, old-fashioned, ruffled bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Leafy sepals buds.  
Habit:
Short, compact.  Medium, semi-glossy, medium green, dense, leathery foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 28" to 30" (70 to 75cm).  Width: 2' to 26" (60 to 65cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 7a and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.  Vigorous.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  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.  Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).  Cut back one-half every other year.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 19,457  on  18 Nov 2008   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 12/008,681  on  11 Jan 2008
Ploidy:
Tetraploid
Notes: