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'Powerhouse' rose Description
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HMF Ratings:
21 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT.
ARS:
Red blend Mini-Flora. Registration name: BENseisExhibition name: Powerhouse
Bloom:
Orange-red. None to mild fragrance. 15 to 33 petals. Average diameter 3". Medium, very double, borne mostly solitary, high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Ovoid buds.
Habit:
Medium, upright, well-branched. Medium, semi-glossy, dark green foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.
Height: 2' to 3' (60 to 90cm).
Growing:
Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower, exhibition, garden or specimen.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 22,400 on 27 Dec 2011 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 12/802,068 on 28 May 2010 Inventors: Benardella; Frank (Millstone Township, NJ), Benardella, legal representative; June E. (Millstone Township, NJ)
Assignee: Greenheart Farms, Inc. (Arroyo Grande, CA)
This new variety is from a single seedling originated by Frank A. Benardella under controlled conditions in a greenhouse in Millstone Township (formerly Englishtown), N.J., by crossing the following two rose plants: The seed parent is a miniflora rose, unnamed and unintroduced, developed in this same breeding program by crossing an unnamed and unintroduced 1994 seedling of this program by `JACecond` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,369). The pollen parent is a miniature rose, unnamed and unintroduced, developed in this same breeding program, by crossing an unnamed and unintroduced 1990 seedling of this program by `BENmagic` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,603).
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