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'Old Port' rose Description 
  
  
  
  Photo courtesy of Henrique Rodrigues Vivián
HMF Ratings: 
56 favorite votes.  Average rating: 
EXCELLENT-.
 
ARS: Mauve or mauve blend Floribunda.Registration name: MACkatiExhibition name: Old Port 
Bloom: Mauve or purple blend.  Red and mauve. Burgundy-purple.  Fading greyish..  Strong fragrance.  Very full (41+ petals), cluster-flowered, old-fashioned, quartered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.   
Habit: Bushy, few or no prickles/thorns, upright.  Matte, medium green foliage.  
 Height: 2' to 37" (60 to 95cm).  Width: 20" (50cm).
 
Growing: USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Plant in partial shade for best color.  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.   
Breeder's notes: Old Port - Mackati. Nicknamed Kati. 
Patents: New Zealand - Patent No: 679  on  22 May 1992   United States - Patent No: PP 10,698  on  24 Nov 1998   VIEW USPTO PATENT Application No: 08/742,145  on  31 Oct 1996 A hybrid tea rose variety producing red purple flowers.The present invention relates to a new and distinct hybrid tea rose variety which was originated by my crossing as seed parent the variety known as `Macsupple` and as pollen parent the variety known as `Big Purple.` The varietal denomination of this new rose is `Mackati.`
 
 | Inventors: | McGredy; Sam (Auckland, NZ)
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 DeVor Nurseries, Inc.
 (Watsonville,
 CA)
 
 
 
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Notes: 'Purple Splendour' has been mentioned in the parentage in a couple of references. |