'Lavender Cover ®' Rose

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'Lavender Cover ®' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of anonymous-42784

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Cambridge (shrub, Olesen, 1998)
• POUlrust

HMF Ratings:

35 favorite votes.

ARS:

Mauve or mauve blend Shrub.
Registration name: POUlrust

Origin:

Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1986). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1986).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 1997 as 'Lavender Cover'.

Class:

Shrub.

Bloom:

Mauve or purple blend. Strong, rose fragrance. Average diameter 1". Small, semi-double (9-16 petals) bloom form. Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.

Habit:

Height: 2' to 30" (60 to 75cm). Width: 26" to 40" (65 to 100cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 4b and warmer. Can be used for ground cover. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.

Patents:

Canada - Patent No: 1354 on 3 Feb 2003
Application No: 98-1238 on 4 Mar 1998

Rights surrendered on January 7, 2010.
Denomination: 'POULrust'
Trade name: Cambridge

European Union - Patent No: 2037 on 4 Jun 1997
Application No: 95/0592

Holder: Poulsen Roser ApS. Approved denomination: POUlrust.

United States - Patent No: PP 12,520 on 2 Apr 2002 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/261,447 on 3 Mar 1999

Inventors: Olesen; L. Pernille (DK-3480, Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (DK-3480, Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of garden rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between an unnamed seedling and Dorus Rijkers. The two parents were crossed during the summer of 1986

Parentage:

Unnamed Seedling × Dorus Rijkers

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