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• Smooth Angel

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Apricot or apricot blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: HADangel
Exhibition name: Smooth Angel

Bred by Harvey D. Davidson (United States, 1986).
Introduced in United States by Gurney's Seed & Nursery Co. as 'Smooth Angel'.

Hybrid Tea.  

Apricot or apricot blend.  Strong fragrance.  Double (17-25 petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  

Few or no prickles/thorns.  

Height: 35" to 4' (90 to 120cm).  

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  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.  

United States - Patent No: PP 6,146  on  12 Apr 1988   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 06/823,420  on  28 Jan 1986

Finegand Nursery says this rose has porcelain cream blossoms... the bush is thornless... Rose Barni says it's thornless (senza spine, in Italian).

Some differences of opinion about parentage. See references.