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'Laura Bush ™' rose Description
'Laura Bush ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Michael Mitchell
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ARS:
Orange or orange-red Floribunda.
Registration name: JACorbet
Exhibition name: Laura Bush ™
Origin:
Bred by Dr. Keith W. Zary (United States, before 2004).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (post 1970) in 2007.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Orange, yellow undertones.  Smokey orange with yellow centers.  Moderate, fruity fragrance.  20 to 25 petals.  Average diameter 3.25".  Medium to large, double (17-25 petals), in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Long, pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy, upright.  Medium, glossy, dark green foliage.  5 leaflets.  

Height: up to 3' (up to 90cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.  Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom.  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.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 19,551  on  9 Dec 2008   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/998,354  on  28 Nov 2007
Inventors: Zary; Keith W. (Thousand Oaks, CA)
...originated by me by crossing the variety `JACzotta` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,128, seed parent), with the variety `JACzap` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,073, pollen parent)....Observations were made from January 2005 to October 2007 of plants that were two to three years old at the completion of observation.
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