Inventors: Sproul; James A. (Bakersfield, CA)
The new variety of landscape shrub rose plant of the present invention was created by artificial pollination carried out in April/May 2008 at Bakersfield, Calif., U.S.A., wherein two parents were crossed which previously had been studied in the hope that they would contribute the desired characteristics. Each parent possessed a complex parentage as indicated hereafter. More specifically, the parentage of the female parent (i.e., seed parent) can be summarized as follows: <{`MORtoday`.times.[`Geisha`.times.(`KINbo`.times.`Macivy`)]}.times.(`- WEKblusi`.times.`SCRivluv`)>.times.mixed Hulthemia pollen. The parentage of the male parent (i.e., pollen parent) can be summarized as follows: <{[(`Orangeade`.times.`Auscot`).times.`WEKfabpur`].times.mixed pollen}.times.mixed Hulthemia pollen>.times.mixed Hulthemia pollen. The `WEKblusi` variety is the subject of U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,188, and the `Auscot` variety is the subject of U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,215. The other ancestoral plants identified herein as well as the seed and pollen parents are non-patented in the United States.