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'Lights of Broadway' rose Description
'Lights of Broadway' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Susan Murphy
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
11 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Red blend Miniature.
Registration name: SAValights
Exhibition name: Lights of Broadway
Origin:
Bred by F. Harmon Saville (1924-1997) (United States, 1993).
Class:
Miniature.  
Bloom:
Yellow, red edges.  Mild fragrance.  30 to 41 petals.  Average diameter 1.5".  Small, very double bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Bushy, upright.  Semi-glossy foliage.  

Height: 16" to 2' (40 to 60cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 10b.  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) .  Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 8,918   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Notes:
Broadway, New York's main thoroughfare, was lit by electricity for the first time on 20 December 1880.