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'Memorial Day ™' rose Description
'Parfum de Liberté ®' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Huyustus
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
132 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Medium pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: WEKblunez
Exhibition name: Memorial Day ™
Origin:
Bred by Tom Carruth (United States, before 2001).
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 2004 as 'Memorial Day'.
Introduced in Australia by Swane's Nursery/Swane Bros Pty Ltd in 2005 as 'Heaven Scent'.
Introduced in New Zealand by Matthews Nurseries Ltd. in 2012 as 'Memorial Day'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Light pink, darker edges, pink reverse.  Orchid pink.  Strong, damask, old rose fragrance.  41 to 50 petals.  Average diameter 4.25".  Large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, high-centered to cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid, rounded buds.  
Habit:
Medium, spreading, upright.  Large, semi-glossy, medium green, dense foliage.  3 to 5 leaflets.  

Height: 4½' to 5' (140 to 150cm).  Width: 26" to 33" (65 to 85cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 7b and warmer.  Can be used for cut flower, landscape or shrub.  Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom.  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) .  
Breeder's notes:
Very well foliated stems, large blooms with intense fragrance, old fashioned form.
Patents:
Australia - Patent No: AU3390P  on  5 Sep 2007
Application No: 2005/031  on  8 Feb 2005   VIEW PBR PATENT
: ‘WEKcryplag’ x ‘MACgenev’ ... Breeder: Tom Carruth, Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc., Upland, CA, USA.
First sold in USA in Dec 2003.
 
New Zealand - Patent No: 3013  on  29 Jun 2011
Application No: ROS949  on  21 Sep 2009
 
United States - Patent No: PP 16,572  on  23 May 2006   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/916,005  on  10 Aug 2004
Inventors: Carruth; Thomas F. (Altadena, CA)
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea Rose. It has as its seed parent the variety known as `WEKcryplag` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,072) and as its pollen parent the variety known as `MACgenev` .... description is of 3 to 4 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Upland, Calif. in the month of July.
Ploidy:
Tetraploid
Notes: