'City of Hastings' Rose

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'City of Hastings' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Hortutsthird

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• At Last ®
• HORcogjil
• HORcogjill
• Rose At Last™

HMF Ratings:

8 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD+.

ARS:

Apricot or apricot blend Floribunda.
Exhibition name: At Last ®

Origin:

Bred by Heather M. Horner (United Kingdom, 2000).
Introduced in New Zealand by D&S Nurseries in 2015 as 'City of Hastings'.
Introduced in United States by White Flower Farm in 2015 as 'Rose At Last'.

Class:

Floribunda.

Bloom:

Apricot. Strong, sweet fragrance. up to 37 petals. Average diameter 3.25". Medium to large, full (26-40 petals) bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Medium, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Compact, dense, mounded. Semi-glossy, dark green foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.

Height: up to 39" (up to 100cm).

Patents:

Canada - Patent No: 5631 on 15 Dec 2017
Application No: 14-8410 on 31 Jul 2014

Breeder: Heather Horner, United Kingdom
Applicant: Spring Meadow Nursery, Inc.
'HORCOGJIL' originated from a controlled cross made between the female parent, an unnamed seedling derived from the cross 'Laura Ford' x 'Goldbusch', and the male parent 'Horjilly', in June 2000 in Stansted, Essex, United Kingdom. It was bred and developed by the breeder Heather Horner.

United States - Patent No: PP 27,541 on 17 Jan 2017 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 14/545,480 on 12 May 2015

The new Rose plant originated from a cross-pollination made by the Inventor in June, 2000 of a proprietary selection of Rosa hybrida `Laura Ford`.times.`Goldbusch`, not patented, as the female, or seed, parent with Rosa hybrida `Horjilly`, not patented, as the male, or pollen, parent.

Ploidy:

Tetraploid

Parentage:

seed:	Laura Ford ® × Goldbusch
pollen:	Margaret Ann Silverstein

Notes:

Seed parent may have been HORcognition