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'Red Cupido' rose Description
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'RUIkalla' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Torres' Rose Garden
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
10 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Medium red Miniature.
Registration name: RUIkalla
Origin:
Bred by Antonius A. Pouw (Netherlands, 1991).
Introduced in Netherlands by De Ruiter's Nieuwe Rozen B.V. in 1996 as 'Red Cupido'.
Class:
Miniature.  
Bloom:
Red.  None / no fragrance.  35 to 45 petals.  Average diameter 3.5".  Small to medium, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Compact, dense, rounded, spreading.  Leathery foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 8" to 1' (20 to 30cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  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:
Canada - Application No: 96-920  on  23 Jul 1996
Application withdrawn on August 23, 2002.
Breeder: H.C.A. de Groot, De Ruiter's Nieuwe Rozen B.V., De Kwakel, Netherlands
 
United States - Patent No: PP 9,634  on  27 Aug 1996   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/549,953  on  30 Oct 1995
A distinctive cultivar of miniature rose plant named Ruikalla, characterized by its large red flowers; numerous flowers per plant; rounded bud shape; long shelf-life; and strong rooting habit...The new cultivar originated from a cross made by the inventor in 1991 of two unnamed proprietary seedlings
Inventors: Pouw; Antonius A. (AB Hazerswoude, NL)
Assignee: De Ruiter's New Roses (De Kwakel, NL)
Notes:
In 2002, Debrck19 found this rose at The Home Depot in McKinney, Texas.