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• Fairy Blue

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Discovered by Hiroshi Hayakawa (Japan, 1994).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S.

Early Large Flowered, Group 2.  

Lilac - blue, cream stamens.  Average diameter 6".  Large, double bloom form.  Late spring to early summer, early autumn.  

Height of 4' 11" to 6' 7" (150 to 200 cm).  

USDA zone 5b through 9a.  

New Zealand - Patent No: 2650  on  14 Mar 2008
United States - Patent No: PP 18,223  on  20 Nov 2007   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/367,447  on  14 Feb 2003

Japanese patent 7053 granted in 1999 to 'Fairy Blue'.