'Wekdadoda' Rose

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'Wekdadoda' rose Description

My HMF:

'Pretty Lady Rose™ (hybrid tea, Bédard 2012)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of Stuart H.

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Pretty Lady (hybrid tea, Bedard 2012)
• Pretty Lady Rose™

HMF Ratings:

16 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT.

ARS:

Deep pink.
Registration name: Wekdadoda
Exhibition name: Pretty Lady Rose™ (hybrid tea, Bédard 2012)

Origin:

Bred by Christian Bédard (United States, before 2012).
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 2015 as 'Pretty Lady Rose'.
Introduced in Australia by Swane's Nursery/Swane Bros Pty Ltd in 2021 as 'Pretty Lady'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Deep pink. None to mild, sweet fragrance. 33 to 70 petals. Average diameter 3.75". Large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Pointed, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Short, compact, well-branched. Glossy, medium green, leathery foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.

Height: 4¾' to 5'11" (145 to 180cm). Width: 43" to 4'5" (110 to 135cm).

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 28,719 on 5 Dec 2017 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 14/737,133 on 23 Nov 2015

Inventors: Bedard; Christian (Placentia, CA)
It has as its seed parent the variety known as ‘WEKmerewby’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 23,476) and as its pollen parent the variety known as ‘WEKmajuchi’ (U.S. Plant Patent Pending).
The branches used for the photograph came from 3 to 4 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Pomona, Calif. in the month of November.

Parentage:

Grande Dame × Doris Day ®

Notes:

Named for Lady Rose on the Downton Abbey Series
Also sold by Edmunds' Roses