'Sugar Plum Fairy' Rose

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'Sugar Plum Fairy' rose Description

My HMF:

'Sugar Plum Fairy (shrub, Hannemann 1995)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of the doctor

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• HANsug

HMF Ratings:

5 favorite votes.

Origin:

Bred by Falk Hannemann (Australia, before 1995).
Introduced in Australia by The Rose Paradise in 1995 as 'Sugar Plum Fairy'.

Class:

Shrub.

Bloom:

Purple - red. Strong, spice fragrance. 8 petals. Average diameter 1.25". Small, single to semi-double, cluster-flowered, flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Ovoid buds.

Habit:

Bushy, compact, few or no prickles/thorns, spreading. Small, semi-glossy, medium green foliage.

Height: 28" (70cm). Width: 47" (120cm).

Patents:

Australia - Patent No: AU2224P on 31 May 2003
Application No: 1996/123 on 28 Jun 1996 VIEW PBR PATENT

seed parent ‘Violette’ seedling x pollen parent ‘Violette’ seedling in a planned breeding program ....Breeder: Falk Hannemann, Box Hill North, Victoria.
First sold in Australia in Jul 1995

Parentage:

Sweet Chariot (Miniature, Moore, 1984) × seedling of Violette (Hybrid Multiflora, Turbat, 1921)

Notes:

A different parentage is quoted in the 2001 Plant Varieties journal, No. 14, No. 2:
seed parent ‘Violette’ seedling x pollen parent ‘Violette’ seedlng