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'Painted Star' rose Description
'MACmigmou' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Essi
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HMF Ratings:
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ARS:
Red blend Floribunda.
Registration name: MACmigmou
Exhibition name: Mighty Mouse (floribunda, McGredy, 1974)
Origin:
Bred by Samuel Darragh (1932-2019) McGredy IV (1974).
Introduced in New Zealand by McGredy Roses International (New Zealand) as 'Mighty Mouse'.
Class:
Floribunda, Shrub.  
Bloom:
Orange, white center.  Mild, musk fragrance.  10 to 14 petals.  Average diameter 2.25".  Medium, semi-double (9-16 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, flat to cupped bloom form.  Prolific, blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Small, long sepals, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Tall, arching, armed with thorns / prickles, bushy, spreading, upright.  Medium, semi-glossy, medium green, dense foliage.  

Height: 4' to 8' (120 to 245cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for garden, landscape, pillar or shrub.  Very vigorous.  produces decorative hips.  Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom.  Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood..  Can be grown as a climber in mild climates.  
Breeder's notes:
Mighty Mouse –Macmigmou
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 5,036  on  12 Apr 1983   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application  on  23 Oct 1981
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