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'Fragrant Apricot ™' rose Description 
  
  
  
  Photo courtesy of Elen
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EXCELLENT.
 
ARS: Apricot or apricot blend Floribunda.Registration name: JACgrantExhibition name: Fragrant Apricot ™ 
Bloom: Apricot, lighter edges.  Strong, damask fragrance.  30 to 35 petals.  Average diameter 4".  Large, full (26-40 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, high-centered to cupped, reflexed, rounded bloom form.  Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.  Long, pointed buds.   
Habit: Medium, armed with thorns / prickles, upright, well-branched.  Large, medium green, dense, leathery foliage.  
 Height: 3' to 42" (90 to 105cm).  Width: 30" (75cm).
 
Growing: USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.  Disease susceptibility: susceptible to blackspot .  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 11,485  on  15 Aug 2000   VIEW USPTO PATENT Application No: 09/216,342  on  18 Dec 1998 Floribunda rose plant having disease resistance; large, leathery foliage;and large, fragrant flowers of attractive orange-red color.
 
 | Inventors: | Zary; Keith W. (Thousand Oaks, CA)
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 Bear Creek Gardens, Inc.
 (Medford,
 OR)
 
 
 
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Notes: There's a color photograph of this rose in the November 1998 issue of the American Rose Society's American Rose magazine (p. 24).
 
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