'WEOpop' Rose

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'WEOpop' rose Description

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Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Gourmet Popcorn
• Summer Snow (miniature, Desamero, 1986)

HMF Ratings:

57 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

White, near white or white blend Miniature.
Registration name: WEOpop
Exhibition name: Gourmet Popcorn

Origin:

Discovered by Luis Desamero (United States, 1986).

Class:

Miniature. (Series: Shrublet ™)

Bloom:

White. Mild fragrance. 25 to 28 petals. Average diameter 1". Small, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped-to-flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Small buds.

Habit:

Tall, bushy. Large, semi-glossy, dark green foliage.

Height: 18" to 28" (45 to 70cm). Width: 18" (45cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 5b and warmer. Can be used for beds and borders or garden. Vigorous. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant. Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that. Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) . Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 6,809 on 23 May 1989 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 07/116,278 on 2 Nov 1987

Ploidy:

Diploid

Parentage:

sport of Popcorn

Notes:

Justice Miniature Roses says that Weeks Roses, who introduced this rose, now catalog it as a shrub... Pure white clusters of ten-petalled blooms also make a very striking hanging planter display...

Regan Nursery says that as an 18" miniature tree rose, Gourmet Popcorn cascades!