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'Intrigue' rose Description
'Intrigue (floribunda, Warriner 1982)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Seil
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
JACum
HMF Ratings:
25 favorite votes.  
EXCELLENT- overall member rating.  
ARS:
Mauve or mauve blend Floribunda.
Registration name: JACum
Origin:
Bred by William A. Warriner (United States, before 1981).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. in 1982 as 'Intrigue'.
Class:
Floribunda / Cluster Flowered.  
Bloom:
Mauve.  Strong fragrance.  20 petals.  Double (17-25 petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Compact, upright.  Medium foliage.  
Height of 30" to 5' (75 to 150 cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  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 5,002   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Notes:
Also available as a 24" Patio Tree Rose from Jackson & Perkins in 1999. [From A Year of Roses, by Stephen Scanniello, pp. 146-147:] Tree roses, also called standard roses, are often displayed to their best advantage when planted in containers... Tree roses come in heights anywhere from two feet high (most common with miniature roses) to over six feet. There are two forms of standard roses available. One if the common form of a long stem supporting a bushy display of roses, sort of like a large lollipop. The other is a weeping standard, the only style I think worth using.


Tree roses are created by attaching three buds of a rose cultivar to a long straight stem of another rose. The most common stem stock to use is an unnamed rugosa rose variety. Other roses have been used for creating standards, but the rugosa seems to be the strongest, surviving the longest.