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'WEKcifrabaun' rose Description
'Frida Kahlo ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Johno
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
9 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD+.  
ARS:
Red blend Floribunda.
Registration name: University of Chester,  WEKcifrabaun
Exhibition name: Frida Kahlo ™
Origin:
Bred by Christian Bédard (United States, before 2014). Bred by Tom Carruth (United States, before 2014).
Introduced in United Kingdom by C & K Jones in before 2017 as 'The University of Chester Rose'.
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 2018 as 'Frida Kahlo'.
Introduced in Australia by Swane's Nursery/Swane Bros Pty Ltd in 2020 as 'Frida Kahlo'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Coral-red, buff stripes.  Mild, fruity fragrance.  20 to 31 petals.  Average diameter 3.5".  Large, very double, borne mostly solitary, in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy, upright.  Medium, glossy, dark green, leathery foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  
Growing:
Can be used for garden.  Hardy.  vigorous.  Prune lightly until this rose gets established (about two years), then prune it back by about a third..  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 29,878  on  27 Nov 2018   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 15/732,576  on  29 Nov 2017
Inventors: Bedard; Christian (Placentia, CA), Carruth; Thomas F. (Altadena, CA)
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Floribunda Rose. It has a non-disseminated seedling of our creation as its seed parent with the following genetic origin (City of San Francisco x Baby Love) and an unknown pollen parent... The branches used for the photograph came from 3 to 4 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Pomona, Calif. in the month of November. .
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