'Red Captain' Rose

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'Red Captain' rose Description

My HMF:

'True Love (mini-flora, Lim, 2013)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of Kathy Strong

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• ALTcaptain
• True Love (mini-flora, Lim, 2013)

HMF Ratings:

Average rating: EXCELLENT.

Origin:

Bred by Peter Ping Lim ：林彬 (United States, before 2013).
Introduced in United States by Altman Plants in 2018 as 'Red Captain'.

Class:

Mini-Flora, Shrub.

Bloom:

Red, purple shading. None to mild fragrance. 90 to 120 petals. Average diameter 2.25". Medium, very full (41+ petals), in small clusters bloom form. Occasional repeat later in the season.

Habit:

Compact. Glossy, dark green foliage. 3 to 5 leaflets.

Height: up to 18" (up to 45cm).

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 31,575 on 24 Mar 2020 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 16/350,554 on 30 Nov 2018

Inventors: Lim; Peter (Escondido, CA)
The seed parent is the variety Rosa `KORsailer`, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,147. The pollen parent is the unpatented variety Rosa `P9001R`. The new variety was selected in 2014 by the inventor in a group of seedlings resulting from the 2013 crossing, in a nursery in Vista, Calif.

Parentage:

KORsailer × P9001R

Notes:

Source: Red Captain