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'Benred' rose Description
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HMF Ratings:
4 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT.
ARS:
Dark red Mini-Flora. Registration name: Benred Exhibition name: Patron
Bloom:
Dark red. None to mild, sweet fragrance. 13 to 26 petals. Average diameter 2.5". Medium, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Ovoid buds.
Habit:
Medium, upright, well-branched. Glossy, dark green foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.
Height: 22" to 3' (55 to 90cm). Width: 22" to 30" (55 to 75cm).
Growing:
Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 23,861 on 3 Sep 2013 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 13/199,433 on 30 Aug 2011 Inventors: Benardella; Frank (Millstone Township, NJ)
This new variety is a single seedling developed by Frank A. Benardella under controlled conditions in a greenhouse in Millstone Township (formerly Englishtown), N.J. by crossing the following two rose plants: The seed parent is a dark red miniature rose, `BENmjul` (U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/035,940, filed Dec. 21, 2001, abandoned). The pollen parent is a red hybrid tea, `JACecond` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 1,139). [correct: USPP 11,139]
...Following is a detailed description in outline form, pertaining specifically to this new and distinct variety of rose plant as observed on plants less than 2 years old in outside conditions in Ipswich, Mass.
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