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'WEKchrisg' rose Description
'Crowd Pleaser ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Beth's Northern CA Rose Garden
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
15 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Deep pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: WEKchrisg
Exhibition name: Crowd Pleaser ™
Origin:
Discovered by Chris Greenwood (United States, 1995).
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 2001 as 'Crowd Pleaser'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Deep pink.  Mild fragrance.  30 to 40 petals.  Average diameter 4.25".  Large, double (17-25 petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:

Height: 5' to 8' (150 to 245cm).  
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) .  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 14,138  on  16 Sep 2003   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/981,227  on  15 Oct 2001
It was discovered in the summer of 1995 in Glendora, Calif. as a branch mutation of unknown origin of the cultivar `WEKjo
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