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• Double Take ™

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Red blend Mini-Flora.
Registration name: BENocho
Exhibition name: Double Take ™

Bred by Frank A. Benardella (United States, before 2003).
Introduced in United States by Nor' East Miniature Roses in 2008 as 'Double Take'.

Mini-Flora.  

Flowers red blend, reverse white edged red.  Mild fragrance.  Average diameter 2.75".  Medium, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, exhibition bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  

Medium, upright, well-branched.  Medium, semi-glossy, dark green foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 20" to 30" (50 to 75cm).  

USDA zone 5a and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower, exhibition, garden or specimen.  Benefits from winter protection in colder climates.  Protect tender new spring growth from hard freezes that may cause canker, die-back and death of the plant. .  Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).  

United States - Patent No: PP 20,978  on  4 May 2010   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 12/286,998  on  3 Oct 2008