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'Pink Gnome' rose Description
'Pink Gnome' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Ping
Availability:
Commercially available
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HMF Ratings:
20 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Light pink Shrub.
Registration name: BAIpome
Origin:
Bred by Peter Ping Lim :林 彬 (United States, 1995). Bred by Martin Nemko (United States, 1995).
Introduced in United States by Bailey Nurseries as 'Pink Gnome'.
Class:
Shrub.   (Series: Garden Path ™ Collection)  
Bloom:
Light pink, white center.  Mild, green apple fragrance.  5 petals.  Average diameter 0.75".  Small, single (4-8 petals), in large clusters, cupped bloom form.  Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.  Rounded buds.  
Habit:
Compact, rounded.  Glossy, medium green foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: up to 1' (up to 30cm).  Width: up to 20" (up to 50cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 4b through 9b.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 16,602  on  30 May 2006   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/772,244  on  6 Feb 2004
Inventors: Lim; Peter P. (Yamhill, OR), Nemko; Martin (Oakland, CA)
Assignee: Bailey Nurseries, Inc. (St. Paul, MN)
The new variety of Rosa hybrida landscape shrub rose plant was created at Yamhill, Oreg. during 1995 by artificial pollination .... The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) was the `Noatraum` variety U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,282). The male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) also was the `Noatraum` variety.
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Notes:
Color: The pink buds open to delightful light pink, cup-shaped flowers with white centers.