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'Gypsy Dancer' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Karl Bapst (aka The Rosenut)
HMF Ratings:
19 favorite votes.
Average rating:
GOOD.
ARS:
Yellow blend Shrub. Registration name: DICquiet
Bloom:
Light yellow, orange mottling, light yellow reverse. Mild, citrus fragrance. 6 to 14 petals. Average diameter 2.25". Medium, semi-double (9-16 petals), cluster-flowered, high-centered to flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Bushy, few or no prickles/thorns. Medium, glossy, dark green foliage.
Height: 30" to 4' (75 to 120cm). Width: 2' to 30" (60 to 75cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant, blackspot 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.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 8,900 on 20 Sep 1994 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 08/138'761 on 18 Oct 1993 Inventor: Patrick Dickson (Newtownards, GB5). Assignee: Bear Creek Gardens, Inc. (Medford, OR)... Floribunda having distinctive yellow and orange, hand-painted like flowers; dark green, healthy, disease-resistant foliage; and upright, well-branched growth habit... well-formed. attractive flowers borne in large clusters... Parentage: DICmagic x MACmanly (US Plant Pat. No. 6907)... The primary objective of this breeding was to produce a new rose variety having the compact, well branched growth habit and lovely flower form of DICmagic combined with the distinctive flower petal markings of the male parent... flowers are borne several together in rounded clusters with 3 to 10 flowers...
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