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'Long Tall Sally' rose Description
'Long Tall Sally' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Cliff's High Desert Garden Archival Dec, 2011 last updated 101812
Availability:
Commercially available
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HMF Ratings:
12 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
White, near white or white blend Shrub.
Registration name: WEKajazoul
Exhibition name: Long Tall Sally
Origin:
Bred by Tom Carruth (United States, 1999).
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. as 'Long Tall Sally'.
Class:
Shrub.  
Bloom:
Light pink, purple shading, ages to cream .  None to mild fragrance.  11 petals.  Average diameter 4".  Large, single to semi-double bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Upright.  Large, matte foliage.  

Height: 4'11" to 8' (150 to 245cm).  Width: up to 5' (up to 150cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  
Patents:
Australia - Patent No: AU3359P  on  17 Aug 2007
Application No: 2004/211  on  26 Jul 2004   VIEW PBR PATENT
‘TWOadvance’ x unnamed seedling. ...Breeder: Tom Carruth, Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc., Upland, CA, USA.
First sold in USA in Dec 2000. First Australian sale Sep 2003.
 
United States - Patent No: PP 14,041  on  30 Jul 2001   VIEW USPTO PATENT
The patent application describes the parentage of the pollen parent as "an un-disseminated seedling of my creation," and "...the pollen parent bears small flowers of yellow coloration." It seems unlikely that the pollen parent is Rosa soulieana, although it might be a seedling of Rosa soulieana.
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