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• HARpade

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Mauve or mauve blend Floribunda.
Registration name: HARpade
Exhibition name: Escapade ®

Bred by Jack L. Harkness (United Kingdom, 1962).
Introduced in United Kingdom by R Harkness & Co. Ltd. in 1967 as 'Escapade'.

Floribunda.  

Mauve - pink, cream center.  Strong, musk fragrance.  12 petals.  Average diameter 3".  Semi-double (9-16 petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  

Height: 32" to 4' (80 to 120cm).  Width: 28" to 42" (70 to 105cm).

USDA zone 5b through 10b.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant, susceptible to blackspot .  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.  

In September 1998, the Montreal Botanical Garden (Le Jardin Botanique de Montreal) carried out a survey of its roses' resistance to black spot, powdery mildew and rust. This is one of the outstanding varieties which showed a 0% to 5% infection rate. The data were taken on well-established roses.