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'WEKclaflobo' rose Description
'Watercolors ™ (shrub, Carruth 2006)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Woodbury, Celeste
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Average rating: GOOD.  
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Yellow blend Shrub.
Registration name: WEKclaflobo
Exhibition name: Watercolors ™ (shrub, Carruth 2006)
Origin:
Bred by Tom Carruth (United States, before 2004).
Introduced in Australia by Swane's Nursery/Swane Bros Pty Ltd.
Introduced in United States by Edmunds' Roses in 2007.
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 2007.
Class:
Shrub.  
Bloom:
Blush, light yellow center, red shading.  Upper: yellow edged, pink blushing all pink, reverse: similar, but less blush color.  Mild fragrance.  5 to 6 petals.  Average diameter 3.25".  Medium to large, single (4-8 petals), in small clusters, cupped-to-flat bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy, spreading.  Medium, semi-glossy, dark green foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 30" to 35" (75 to 90cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose or garden.  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 19,397  on  28 Oct 2008   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/985,089  on  13 Nov 2007
Inventors: Carruth; Thomas F. (Altadena, CA)
....following genetic origin Santa Claus.times.Flower Carpet and as its pollen parent the variety known as `WEKplapic` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,517).....description is of 3 to 4 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Pomona, Calif. in the month of October.
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