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'Sweet Promise ™' rose Description
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Photo courtesy of StrawChicago heavy clay zone 5
HMF Ratings:
23 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT.
Class:
Hybrid Tea. (Series: Romantica ™)
Bloom:
Coral-pink. Mild fragrance. 65 to 80 petals. Average diameter 4.5". Very large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped, old-fashioned, quartered, rosette bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Ovoid buds.
Habit:
Tall, bushy, few or no prickles/thorns. Semi-glossy, dark green, dense foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.
Height: 5' to 6' (150 to 185cm). Width: 4' to 5' (120 to 150cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b and warmer. Can be used for cut flower, garden, landscape 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 18,472 on 5 Feb 2008 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 11/475,211 on 27 Jun 2006 Inventors: Meilland; Alain A. (Antibes, FR)
The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) of the new variety was the product of the controlled cross of the `Emily Post` variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,749) and the `Korlift` variety (non-patented in the United States). The `Emily Post` variety sometimes is known as the `Omega` variety and the `Korlift` variety sometimes is known as the `Sylvia` variety. The male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) was the product of the controlled cross of the `Merkor` variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 3,724) and the `Prima Ballerina` variety (non-patented in the United States)....description is based on the observation of two-year-old plants during June
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