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'Pink Promise' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Beth's Northern CA Rose Garden
HMF Ratings:
36 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT.
ARS:
Pink blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Pink Promise (hybrid tea, Coiner, 2005)
Exhibition name: Pink Promise
Bloom:
Light pink, darker center. Flowers pink blend, smooth, veined. Strong, spice, opinions vary fragrance. 25 to 30 petals. Average diameter 5.5". Very large, very double, borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Tall, upright. Large, semi-glossy, dark green foliage. 3 to 5 leaflets.
Height: 4'11" to 5'11" (150 to 180cm). Width: 39" to 47" (100 to 120cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower or garden. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant. Protect tender new spring growth from hard freezes that may cause canker, die-back and death of the plant. . 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. Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood..
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 21,663 on 25 Jan 2011 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 12/287,943 on 14 Oct 2008 Inventors: Coiner; James W. (La Verne, CA)
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea Rose. It has as its seed parent the variety known as an unknown seedling and as its pollen parent the variety known as an unknown seedling..... description is of 3 to 4 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors La Verne, Calif. in the month of May.
Notes:
The Official Rose of the American Breast Cancer Foundation.
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