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• Above and Beyond™

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Apricot or apricot blend Large-Flowered Climber.
Registration name: ZLEeltonStrack
Exhibition name: Above and Beyond™

Bred by David Charles Zlesak (United States, 2000).
Introduced in United States by Bailey Nurseries in 2015 as 'Above and Beyond'.

Large-Flowered Climber, Shrub.  

Light apricot.  Orange buds open to 5 or more apricot semi-double to double blooms..  Mild, spice fragrance.  14 to 22 petals.  Average diameter 3.5".  Large, semi-double to double, in large clusters, flat to cupped bloom form.  Prolific, spring or summer flush with scattered later bloom.  Medium, pointed, ovoid buds.  

Tall, arching, climbing, upright.  Medium, semi-glossy, light green foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  
Height of 9' 10" to 13' 1" (300 to 400 cm).  Width of 13' 1" to 16' 5" (400 to 500 cm).

USDA zone 3b and warmer.  Can be used for garden, hedge, landscape, pillar, shrub or specimen.  Very hardy.  very vigorous.  can be grown as a shrub.  can be trained as a climber.  flowers drop off cleanly.  suitable for a pillar.  Disease susceptibility: disease resistant, blackspot resistant.  

United States - Patent No: PP 24,463  on  20 May 2014   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 13/573072  on  20 Aug 2012

Tetraploid

Extremely cane hardy. Top may freeze to snow line in extreme winters in zone 3b.