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'Alicante' rose Description
'Alicante' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Amy's Idaho Rose Garden
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
22 favorite votes.  
Average rating: FAIR+.  
ARS:
Deep pink Mini-Flora.
Exhibition name: Alicante
Origin:
Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 2002).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 2004 as 'Alicante Hit'.
Class:
Mini-Flora.   (Series: PatioHit ® Collection)  
Bloom:
Deep pink.  35 to 40 petals.  Average diameter 4.75".  Medium, full (26-40 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, rosette bloom form.  Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.  
Habit:
Short, bushy, compact, upright.  Semi-glossy, medium green foliage.  

Height: 8" to 4' (20 to 120cm).  Width: 8" to 2' (20 to 60cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose or cut flower.  Vigorous.  
Patents:
Canada - Patent No: 3939  on  9 Sep 2010
Application No: 05-4946  on  3 Jun 2005
'Poulpah033' originated from a controlled cross made in 2002 in Fredensborg, Denmark. The female parent was the variety 'Poulhi008' and the male parent was an unnamed seedling.
 
United States - Patent No: PP 17,509  on  20 Mar 2007   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/240,013  on  29 Sep 2005
Inventors: Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between the female seed parent `Poulhi008` described in illustrated in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 15,722, and the male pollen parent, an unnamed seedling. The two parents were crossed during the summer of 2002
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