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'Heart Throb' rose Description
'Heart Throb (hybrid tea, Harkness before 1980)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Johno
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
27 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Orange-pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: HARqueterwife
Exhibition name: Paul Shirville
Origin:
Bred by Harkness & Co. (United Kingdom, before 1980).
Introduced in United Kingdom by R Harkness & Co. Ltd. in 1983 as 'Paul Shirville'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Salmon-pink.  Strong, sweet fragrance.  30 petals.  Average diameter 3.5".  Medium-large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, high-centered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy, spreading.  Large, semi-glossy, dark green foliage.  

Height: 30" to 3' (75 to 90cm).  Width: 2' to 30" (60 to 75cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 7b through 10b.  Disease susceptibility: 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.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
Named for a gifted design engineer as a retirement "thank you" present.
 
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