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'First Impression' rose Description
'First Impression' rose photo
Photo courtesy of a_carl76
Availability:
Commercially available
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HMF Ratings:
15 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD+.  
ARS:
Deep yellow Floribunda.
Registration name: SPRoimpress
Exhibition name: First Impression
Origin:
Bred by James A. Sproul (United States, before 2005).
Introduced in United States by Nor' East Miniature Roses in 2009 as 'First Impression'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Deep yellow.  Mild fragrance.  up to 40 petals.  Average diameter 3.5".  Medium to large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped-to-flat bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy, upright.  Medium, semi-glossy, medium green foliage.  3 to 9 leaflets.  

Height: 3' to 42" (90 to 105cm).  Width: 9.5" to 15" (25 to 40cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.  Disease susceptibility: disease resistant.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 21,708  on  15 Feb 2011   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 12/322,885  on  9 Feb 2009
Inventors: Sproul; James (Bakersfield, CA)
Assignee: Nor'East Miniature Roses (Arroyo Grande, CA)
It is the result of crossing two seedlings from his breeding program: `WEKjoe` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,389) by `JACient` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,725) as seed parent; and `WEKblusi` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,188) by `SCRivluv` (unpatented), as pollen parent.... observations, measurements, values and comparisons are from a four-year-old plant of Rosa hybrida, `SPRoimpress`, as grown outdoors in Ipswich, Mass. .
Ploidy:
Triploid
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