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'Hadbal' rose Description
'Smooth Ballerina ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of NorthWestRider
Availability:
Commercially available
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HMF Ratings:
9 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD-.  
ARS:
Light pink Floribunda.
Registration name: Hadbal
Exhibition name: Smooth Ballerina ™
Origin:
Bred by Harvey D. Davidson (United States, 1996).
Introduced in United States by Mea Nursery in 2006 as 'Smooth Ballerina'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Light pink to deep pink, white stripes.  S.  Moderate fragrance.  48 to 52 petals.  Average diameter 3.25".  Medium to large, very full (41+ petals), in small clusters, globular bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy, thornless (or almost), upright.  Medium, matte, medium green, leathery foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: up to 4'1" (up to 125cm).  Width: up to 20" (up to 50cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower, garden, hedge or shrub.  Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom.  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:
United States - Patent No: PP 15,662  on  15 Mar 2005   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/724,478  on  1 Dec 2003
Inventors: Davidson; Harvey Daniel (Orinda, CA)
The present invention relates to a new and distinctive cultivar of rose plant of the Florabunda class, which was originated by my crossing `Pink Empress` as the seed parent with the unnamed seedling `(Blue Moon.times.Roller Coaster)` as the pollen parent. The observations herein stated were made of the original seven year old plant during the year 2003. Pollination (June, 96); the period of embryo maturation; stratification at 39 degrees F. for 90 days; and germination (February 97) were performed in Orinda, Calif.
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