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'Saint-Exupery ®' rose Description
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
DELtos
Waltz Time (hybrid tea, Delbard, 1961)

Also referenced as:  Sainte-Exupery
HMF Ratings:
2 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Mauve or mauve blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: DELtos
Origin:
Bred by Delbard-Chabert (1961) France.
Class:
Hybrid Tea / Large-Flowered.  
Bloom:
Mauve or purple blend.  Flowers mauve tinted silvery.  None to mild fragrance.  Average diameter 5".  Large, full (26-40 petals), exhibition bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Bushy.  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Used for beds and borders, cut flower, exhibition or garden.  Vigorous.  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..  
Notes:
Breeder code name 'DELvor' was reported as the registered name for two different roses in Modern Roses XI.
... Femme
... Saint Exupéry®
 
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