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'RIPfirst' rose Description 
  
  
  
  Photo courtesy of GShellrude
ARS: Registration name: RIPfirst 
Bloom: Salmon-pink.  Coral.  Mild, fruity, spice, sweet fragrance.  18 to 25 petals.  Average diameter 3.5".  Double (17-25 petals) bloom form.  Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.   
Habit: Bushy, compact, rounded.  Dark green foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  
 Height: up to 32" (up to 80cm).  Width: up to 35" (up to 90cm).
 
Breeder's notes: I noted the patent info at HMF states the pollen parent was, 'Prairie Sunset'.
 This is incorrect. The correct parentage is as shown at HMF.
 
Patents: United States - Patent No: PP 34,397  on  5 Jul 2022   VIEW USPTO PATENT Application No: 17/327,698  on  22 May 2021 Inventor: Robert Neil Rippetoe, Rancho Mirage, CA (USA)'Ripfirst' originated from a controlled hybridization in February 2011 in Rancho Mirage, Calif., between the female parent, 'Prairie Sunset' variety (unpatented), and the male parent, an un-named and unpatented light pink shrub rose seedling.
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