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'Tournament of Roses' rose Description
 Photo courtesy of Beatrice Lukas
HMF Ratings:
8 favorite votes.
EXCELLENT- overall member rating.
ARS:
Pink blend Grandiflora. Registration name: JACientExhibition name: Tournament of Roses
Class:
Floribunda / Cluster Flowered, Grandiflora.
Bloom:
Pink. None / no fragrance. Double (17-25 petals) bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Height of 2' to 5' (60 to 150 cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 7b and warmer. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant. 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. Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) . Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 6,725 on 11 Apr 1989 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication on 17 Nov 1987
Notes:
Each New Year's Day, the world focuses its attention on Pasadena, California, U.S.A., home of the Tournament of Roses® Parade and Rose Bowl Game®. It's a celebration that's more than a century old--a festival of flowers, music and sports unequaled anywhere in the world. The Tournament is more than just a parade and football game. It's America's New Year Celebration, a greeting to the world on the first day of the year, and a salute to the community spirit and love of pageantry that have thrived in Pasadena for more than a century.
The first Tournament of Roses Parade took place on January 1, 1886.
In September 1998, the Montreal Botanical Garden (Le Jardin Botanique de Montreal) carried out a survey of its roses' resistance to black spot, powdery mildew and rust. This is one of the outstanding varieties which showed a 0% to 5% infection rate. The data was taken on well-established roses. |
