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'HARlightly' rose Description
'Princess Michael of Kent ®' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Pat Hardy's Garden
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
11 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Medium yellow Floribunda.
Registration name: HARlightly
Exhibition name: Princess Michael of Kent ®
Origin:
Bred by Harkness & Co. (United Kingdom, before 1977).
Introduced in United Kingdom by R Harkness & Co. Ltd. in 1981 as 'Princess Michael of Kent'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Yellow.  Strong fragrance.  38 petals.  Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, high-centered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy.  Medium, semi-glossy, medium green foliage.  

Height: 18" to 3' (45 to 90cm).  Width: 18" to 3' (45 to 90cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  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:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
Princess Michael of Kent was removed from the Auckland Regional Botanic Gardens (ARBG) Display Trial because its trial period expired.
 
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