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'Gourmet Popcorn' rose Description 
  
  
  
  Photo courtesy of RoseBlush
HMF Ratings: 
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EXCELLENT-.
 
ARS: White, near white or white blend Miniature.Registration name: WEOpopExhibition name: Gourmet Popcorn 
Class: Miniature.   (Series: Shrublet ™)   
Bloom: White.  Mild fragrance.  25 to 28 petals.  Average diameter 1".  Small, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped-to-flat bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Small buds.   
Habit: Tall, bushy.  Large, semi-glossy, dark green foliage.  
 Height: 18" to 28" (45 to 70cm).  Width: 18" (45cm).
 
Growing: USDA zone 5b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders or garden.  Vigorous.  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 6,809  on  23 May 1989   VIEW USPTO PATENT Application No: 07/116,278  on  2 Nov 1987 
Notes: Justice Miniature Roses says that Weeks Roses, who introduced this rose, now catalog it as a shrub... Pure white clusters of ten-petalled blooms also make a very striking hanging planter display...Regan Nursery  says that as an 18" miniature tree rose, Gourmet Popcorn  cascades! 
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