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    'Promise' rose Description
    'Promise (hybrid tea, Warriner before 1974)' rose photo
    Photo courtesy of Donna's Rose Garden - Northern CA
    Availability:
    Commercially available
    Synonyms:
    • JACis
    • Poesie (hybrid tea, Warriner before 1974)
    HMF Ratings:
    14 favorite votes.  
    Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
    ARS:
    Light pink Hybrid Tea.
    Registration name: JACis
    Exhibition name: Promise
    Origin:
    Bred by William A. Warriner (United States, before 1974).
    Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (post 1970) in 1976 as 'Promise'.
    Class:
    Hybrid Tea.  
    Bloom:
    Light pink.  Mild fragrance.  Double (17-25 petals), high-centered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
    Habit:

    Height: 4' (120cm).  Width: 36" (90cm).
    Growing:
    USDA zone 6b and warmer.  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 3,492  on  26 Feb 1974   VIEW USPTO PATENT
    Parentage:
    South Seas × Peace (hybrid tea, Meilland 1935)
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