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'Affection Hit' rose Description
'Affection Hit' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Cass
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
10 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Medium red Miniature.
Origin:
Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 2002).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 2005 as 'Affection Hit'.
Class:
Florists Rose, Miniature.   (Series: PatioHit ® Collection)  
Bloom:
Deep pink to red.  None / no fragrance.  15 to 20 petals.  Average diameter 3".  Medium, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, high-centered to cupped bloom form.  Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.  Pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Short, bushy, compact, upright.  Glossy, medium green foliage.  5 leaflets.  

Height: 8" to 16" (20 to 40cm).  Width: up to 8" (up to 20cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.  Vigorous.  
Patents:
Canada - Application No: 06-5267  on  7 Mar 2006
Application withdrawn on February 1, 2008.
Denomination: 'Poulpah037'
Trade name: Affection Patio Hit
 
United States - Patent No: PP 17,377  on  23 Jan 2007   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/266,617  on  4 Nov 2005
Inventors: Olesen; Mogens (Fredensborg, DK)
Assignee: Poulsen Roser A/S (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between the female seed parent, an unnamed seedling, and the male pollen parent an-unnamed seedling. The two parents were crossed during the summer of 2002
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