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'Monsoon ™' rose Description
'José Carréras (synonym for 'Monsoon')' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Henrique Rodrigues Vivián
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
17 favorite votes.  
ARS:
White, near white or white blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: POUljose
Exhibition name: Monsoon ™
Origin:
Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1990). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1990).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 2001 as 'Monsoon'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.   (Series: Paramount ® Collection)  
Bloom:
Cream.  Mild fragrance.  25 to 30 petals.  Average diameter 3.5".  Large, very double, borne mostly solitary, flat, reflexed bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy, upright.  Semi-glossy, dark green foliage.  

Height: 2' to 32" (60 to 80cm).  Width: up to 20" (up to 50cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower or garden.  Hardy.  drought resistant.  heat tolerant.  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.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 13,300  on  3 Dec 2002   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/776,136  on  1 Feb 2001
Inventors: Olesen; L. Pernille (DK-3480, Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (DK-3480, Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of garden rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between `Polarstern`, an unpatented variety, and `POULari`, described and illustrated in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,274, issued on Sep. 5, 1994. The two parents were crossed during the summer of 1990
Notes:
New from Poulsen Roser ApS for 2000/2001, is the cream-colored José Carréras™ (POUljose, 'Monsoon™').


Opera star José Carréras, was born 5 December 1946 in Barcelona, Spain.