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'ORApaymel' rose Description
'Heart 'n' Soul' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Stan V (Bearrose54)
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
26 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Red blend Shrub.
Registration name: ORApaymel
Origin:
Bred by Pierre Orard (France, before 1999).
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 2001 as 'Heart 'n' Soul'.
Class:
Shrub.  
Bloom:
White, red edges.  None to mild, tea fragrance.  18 to 22 petals.  Average diameter 3".  Medium, semi-double to double, borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered to cupped, ruffled bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Spreading, upright.  Medium, glossy, dark green foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 4' to 5' (120 to 150cm).  Width: 43" to 4'1" (110 to 125cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for cut flower or garden.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  Protect tender new spring growth from hard freezes that may cause canker, die-back and death of the plant. .  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.  Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood..  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 14,500  on  3 Feb 2004   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/243,163  on  13 Sep 2002

A new variety of Shrub rose suitable for garden decoration, having flowers of white edged red coloration.
Inventors: Orard; Pierre (Feyzin, FR)
Assignee: Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. (Upland, CA)

The following description is of 3 to 4 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Upland, Calif. in the month of August.

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