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'Sweet Inspiration' rose Description
'Sweet Inspiration' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Jean Marion
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
JACsim
HMF Ratings:
32 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Medium pink Floribunda.
Registration name: JACsim
Exhibition name: Sweet Inspiration
Origin:
Bred by William A. Warriner (United States, before 1991).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. as 'Sweet Inspiration'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Pink.  Mild fragrance.  up to 20 petals.  Average diameter 3.75".  Medium to large, double (17-25 petals), in large clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Small, leafy sepals, pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Compact, upright, well-branched.  Glossy, dark green, leathery foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  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:
Australia - Application No: 1993/260  on  1993   VIEW PBR PATENT
 
United States - Patent No: PP 8,581  on  8 Feb 1994   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 07/883,309  on  14 May 1992
Inventors: Warriner, deceased; William A. (late of Tustin, CA)
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