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'Spice So Nice™' rose Description
'Spice So Nice™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Jean Marion
Availability:
Commercially available
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HMF Ratings:
29 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
Apricot or apricot blend Large-Flowered Climber.
Registration name: WEKwesflut
Exhibition name: Spice So Nice™
Origin:
Bred by Tom Carruth (United States, before 1999).
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 2002 as 'Spice So Nice'.
Class:
Climber, Large-Flowered Climber.  
Bloom:
Orange-red to deep pink, yellow undertones, light yellow reverse.  Moss fragrance of buds.  Strong, spice fragrance.  21 to 30 petals.  Average diameter 3.25".  Medium to large, very double, borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, ruffled bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Fragrant buds.  
Habit:
Tall, climbing, spreading, well-branched.  Large, semi-glossy, medium green foliage.  3 to 5 leaflets.  

Height: 9'2" to 13'5" (280 to 410cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for cut flower, garden or landscape.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 16,154  on  13 Dec 2005   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/306,926  on  29 Nov 2002
Inventors: Carruth; Thomas F. (Altadena, CA)
It has as its seed parent the variety known as `KORwest` (not patented) and as its pollen parent the variety known as `WEKplasol` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,715)..... description is of 3 to 4 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Upland, Calif. in the month of November
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