'Livin' La Vida ®' Rose

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'Livin' La Vida ®' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of jedmar

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Hornimrod
• Mathilda

HMF Ratings:

9 favorite votes.

Origin:

Bred by Colin P. Horner (1933-2005) (United Kingdom, 1998).

Class:

Floribunda.

Bloom:

Pink. Moderate, sweet fragrance. up to 24 petals. Average diameter 2.5". Medium, double (17-25 petals) bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Medium buds.

Habit:

Armed with thorns / prickles, compact, mounded, upright. Glossy, medium green foliage. 3 to 5 leaflets.

Growing:

USDA zone 5b and warmer.

Patents:

Canada - Application No: 12-7746 on 12 Sep 2012

Application withdrawn on April 28, 2016

United States - Patent No: PP 27,366 on 15 Nov 2016 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 13/998,234 on 11 Oct 2013

The new Rose plant originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor in 1998 of Rosa sempervirens `Meidomonac`, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,105, as the female, or seed, parent with an unnamed proprietary seedling selection of Rosa hybrida, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Rose plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor in 2004 as a single flowering plant within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination in a controlled environment in Stausted, Essex, United Kingdom.

Parentage:

seed:	Bonica ® (shrub, Meilland, 1975)
pollen:	Alexander ® (hybrid tea, Harkness, 1972) × [ Southampton × Unnamed Seedling]

Notes:

Livin' La Vida