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'Red Minimo ™' rose Description
'Red Minimo ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of John's Miniature Roses
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
14 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD.  
ARS:
Dark red Miniature.
Registration name: RUImired
Exhibition name: Red Minimo ™
Origin:
Bred by Gijsbert De Ruiter (Netherlands, before 1984).
Introduced in United States by Bear Creek Gardens, Inc. in 1987 as 'Red Minimo'.
Introduced in Netherlands by De Ruiter's Nieuwe Rozen B.V. in 1991 as 'Red Minimo'.
Introduced in United States by Greenheart Farms in 2010 as 'Crimson Treasure'.
Class:
Micro-Miniature, Miniature.  
Bloom:
Dark red.  None / no fragrance.  15 to 25 petals.  Average diameter 1".  Small, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, flat bloom form.  Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.  Small, pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Short, upright.  Small, medium green, leathery foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 8" to 14" (20 to 35cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 10b.  Shade tolerant.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 5,770  on  22 Jul 1986   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 06/667,635  on  2 Nov 1984
Inventor: Gijsbert De Ruiter (AB Hazerswoude, NL). Assignee: Jackson & Perkins Company (Medford, OR). A miniature rose variety having a dwarf, compact, free blooming plant, producing blooms of Orient Red, approximately 1" in diameter, with petals of heavy substance, and suitable for use as a pot plant... Parentage: unnamed variety x RUIsta...
Notes:
Some differences of opinion about parentage, see References and Patents.

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