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'Sorcerer ™' rose Description
'Sorcerer ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Neil Evans
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
8 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD+.  
ARS:
Medium red Miniature.
Registration name: SAVasorc
Exhibition name: Sorcerer ™
Origin:
Bred by F. Harmon Saville (1924-1997) (United States, before 1992).
Introduced in United States by Nor' East Miniature Roses in 1995 as 'Sorcerer'.
Class:
Miniature.  
Bloom:
Red.  Mild, old rose fragrance.  15 to 25 petals.  Average diameter 1.75".  Medium, double (17-25 petals) bloom form.  Spring or summer flush with scattered later bloom.  
Habit:
Bushy, rounded, upright, well-branched.  Dark green foliage.  

Height: 16" to 22" (40 to 55cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 4b through 11.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, garden, hedge or specimen.  Very hardy.  very vigorous.  flowers drop off cleanly.  heat tolerant.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).  Can be pruned to maintain a shorter habit.  Needs little care; relatively disease-free and quite hardy.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 9,507   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Notes:
The Mini-Rose Garden says Sorcerer had medium red flowers with good form...