'Sugar Moon' Rose

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'Sugar Moon' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of TwoDogMom

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• WEKmemolo

HMF Ratings:

67 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

White, near white or white blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: WEKmemolo
Exhibition name: Sugar Moon

Origin:

Bred by Christian Bédard (United States, before 2008).
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 2012 as 'Sugar Moon'.
Introduced in Australia by Wagner's Rose Nursery in 2017.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Clean bright white. Strong, citrus, rose, sweet fragrance. 50 to 65 petals. Average diameter 5". Very large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, classic hybrid tea bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Pointed buds.

Habit:

Tall, bushy, upright. Large, semi-glossy, dark green foliage. 3 to 5 leaflets.

Height: 4'7" to 5'11" (140 to 180cm).

Growing:

Can be used for cut flower or garden. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 23,475 on 19 Mar 2013 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 13/373,017 on 2 Nov 2011

Inventors: Bedard; Christian (Brea, CA)
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea Rose. It has as its seed parent the variety known as ‘WEKmeredoc’ (not patented) and an undisseminated seedling of my creation as its pollen parent with the following genetic origin (Moonstone×Baby Love)...The following description is of 3 to 4 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Wasco, Calif. in the month of October..

Parentage:

seed:	Meredith (hybrid tea, Carruth 2002)
pollen:	Moonstone ™ (Hybrid Tea, Carruth 1998) × Baby Love (miniature, Scrivens before 1991)

Notes:

Participated in the 2021 New Zealand trials at Palmerston North