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'Burgundy Iceberg' rose Description
Photo courtesy of catinca
HMF Ratings:
105 favorite votes. Average rating:
GOOD.
Bloom:
Deep purple with lighter reverse, dark burgundy red stamens and anthers. Average diameter 3.75". Full (26-40 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped-to-flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Pointed, ovoid buds.
Habit:
Bushy, rounded. Semi-glossy foliage. 5 leaflets. Height of 30" to 35" (75 to 90 cm). Width of 31" to 39" (80 to 100 cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for beds and borders, container rose or garden.
Patents:
Australia - Application No: 1999/274 on 1999 VIEW PBR PATENT United States - Patent No: PP 16,198 on 10 Jan 2007 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 10/856,188 on 28 May 2004 This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Floribunda Rose. It was discovered in the autumn of 1998 in Dural, New South Wales, Australia as a mutation of the cultivar `PRObril` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,645). It was discovered by Edgar Norman Swane, Galston Road, Dural, New South Wales, Australia.
Notes:
(Jan 2006) Weeks Roses will be the sole supplier in the US for the next two years (though evidently they are willing to contract with other growers). Contact Weeks' retailers for US availability.
Weatherly, Lilia (2003) was originally entered as breeder. Swane is from Plant Patent.
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