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'Sonja Parade' rose Description
'Sonja Parade' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Beth's Northern CA Rose Garden
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
5 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Yellow blend Mini-Flora.
Registration name: Sonja Parade
Exhibition name: Sonja Parade
Origin:
Discovered by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1996). Discovered by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1996).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 2003 as 'Sonja Parade'.
Class:
Mini-Flora, Patio.   (Series: Parade ® Collection)  
Bloom:
Yellow, orange-red edges.  None / no fragrance.  80 to 85 petals.  Average diameter 2".  Medium, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, high-centered to cupped bloom form.  Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.  Ovoid, rounded buds.  
Habit:
Bushy, compact, upright.  Semi-glossy, medium green foliage.  7 leaflets.  

Height: 8" to 16" (20 to 40cm).  Width: 4" to 6" (10 to 15cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders or container rose.  
Patents:
Canada - Patent No: 2228  on  20 Oct 2005
Application No: 04-4279  on  23 Jun 2004
Rights surrendered on October 20, 2013.
Denomination: 'Poulra028'
Trade name: Sonja Parade
'Poulra028' was discovered in 1997 as a mutation on a branch of 'Poulmist (Mistral Palace), a rose variety by the same breeeders.
 
United States - Patent No: PP 15,120  on  31 Aug 2004   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/719,713  on  21 Nov 2003
Inventors: Olesen; L. Pernille (Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK)
The present discovery constitutes a new and distinct variety of a miniature pot rose plant which was discovered in a cultivated area. The mutation resulted from `POULmist`, a miniature pot rose hybridized by the same inventors. `....Asexual reproduction of `POULra028` by cuttings and traditional budding was first done by L. Pernille and Mogens N. Olesen in their nursery in Fredensborg, Denmark in 1996.
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