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'MORjoyc' rose Description
'Joycie' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Barden, Paul
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
Joycie
HMF Ratings:
26 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Orange blend Miniature.
Registration name: MORjoyc
Exhibition name: Joycie
Origin:
Bred by Ralph S. Moore (United States, 1988).
Class:
Miniature, Patio.  
Bloom:
Orange blend.  Fruity fragrance.  Double (17-25 petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 7,055  on  14 Nov 1989   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application  on  3 Oct 1988
Ploidy:
Tetraploid
Notes:
Joycie (Joyce Marie Steger Schimschock), former Administrative Assistant at the American Rose Society, died in Shreveport, Louisiana on April 10, 2011. Ralph Moore thought enough of Joyce to name 'Joycie' for her upon her retirement in 1987.