'KAPswehp' Rose

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'KAPswehp' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of CCCaf

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Sweet Hips

HMF Ratings:

2 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

Origin:

Bred by Jay Kapac (United States, before 2014).
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 2019 as 'Sweet Hips'.

Class:

Hybrid Rugosa.

Bloom:

Fuchsia / magenta. Strong, clove, spice fragrance. up to 5 petals. Average diameter 3". Medium, single (4-8 petals), in small clusters, cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Glandular sepals, leafy sepals, rounded buds.

Habit:

Well-branched. Leathery, wrinkled (rugose) foliage. 7 to 9 leaflets.

Height: 5¼' to 6¼' (160 to 190cm). Width: 47" to 4'11" (120 to 150cm).

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 30,888 on 24 Sep 2019 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 15/732, 114 on 19 Sep 2017

This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Rugosa Rose. It has as its seed parent a variety known as “Niven's White’ Rugosa’ (not patented), and as its pollen parent an unknown Rugosa rose. It was hybridized by Jay Kapac.
...The following description is of 3 to 4-year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Tipp City, Ohio in the month of June.

Parentage:

Nyveldt's White × Unknown

Notes:

Source: Sweet Hips