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• Kawamoblue
• Purple Rain

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Mauve or mauve blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Kawamoblue
Exhibition name: Purple Rain (hybrid tea, Kawamoto, 1987)

Bred by Hiromoto Kawamoto (Japan, 1987).
Introduced in United States by Carlton Rose Nurseries, Inc. Archive in 1994 as 'Purple Rain'.

Hybrid Tea.  

Mauve or purple blend.  Moderate fragrance.  24 to 30 petals.  Average diameter 4.5".  Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, high-centered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  

Medium, few or no prickles/thorns, upright.  Medium, semi-glossy, dark green, leathery foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 4½' to 5' (135 to 150cm).  

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  

United States - Patent No: PP 9,987  on  5 Aug 1997   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/587,764  on  15 Dec 1995

Carlton Rose Nursery says this rose is lavender with a pink tint. It has great fragrance and it grows like a shorter grandiflora.
Source for seed parent: Purple Rain
Purple Rain
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