'Oh My God' Rose

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'Oh My God' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Cliff's High Desert Garden Archival Dec, 2011 last updated 101812

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Lynn Anderson
• WEKjoe

HMF Ratings:

43 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

Pink blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: WEKjoe
Exhibition name: Lynn Anderson

Origin:

Bred by Joseph F. Winchel (United States, 1995).
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 1995 as 'Lynn Anderson'.

Class:

Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Pink blend, pink edges. Mild, tea fragrance. 25 to 40 petals. Average diameter 4.75". Medium to large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, exhibition, high-centered to cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Height: 30" to 5' (75 to 150cm). Width: 47" to 6' (120 to 185cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 7b and warmer. Can be used for cut flower, exhibition or garden. 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. Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .

Patents:

Australia - Application No: 1996/070 on 1996 VIEW PBR PATENT

United States - Patent No: PP 9,389 on 5 Dec 1995 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 342446 on 18 Nov 1994

Inventor: Joseph Winchel (Harbor City, CA). Assignee: Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. (Upland, CA). A new Hybrid Tea having flowers of white edged with pink... Parentage: 'Gold Medal' x unknown... bears its flowers usually singly, sometimes two to three per stem..

Parentage:

Unnamed Seedling × Gold Medal

Notes:

Parentage information differs with US Patent...

Named for the country singer who never promised you a rose garden. Lynn Anderson was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, 26 September 1947.