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'The Mandalay Rose' Description
'Let Freedom Ring ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Wickert Gardens
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
36 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Medium red Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: WEKearman
Exhibition name: Let Freedom Ring ™
Origin:
Bred by Ernest Jr. Earman (United States, before 2002).
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 2006.
Introduced in Australia by Wagner's Rose Nursery in 2017 as 'The Mandalay Rose'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Red.  (more red in cool conditions) [Nearly black buds, strawberry-red blooms].  Moderate, tea fragrance.  24 to 32 petals.  Average diameter 3.75".  Large, very double, borne mostly solitary, high-centered to cupped bloom form.  Prolific, continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.  Long sepals buds.  
Habit:
Tall, upright.  Medium, matte, medium green foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 5¼' to 6¼' (160 to 190cm).  Width: 20" to 26" (50 to 65cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for cut flower or garden.  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.  
Breeder's notes:
Long stems; excellent flower form, light red color
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 17,821  on  19 Jun 2007   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/292,852  on  1 Dec 2005
Inventors: Earman, Jr.; Ernest (Alexandria, VA)
Assignee: Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. (Upland, CA)
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea Rose. It has as its seed parent the variety known as `TOBone` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,633) and as its pollen parent the variety known as `KRIcarlo` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,165)....description is of 3 to 4 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Upland, Calif. in the month of October.
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