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'Jean de la Lune' rose Description
'Jean de la Lune' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Cà Berta
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
15 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Deep yellow Floribunda.
Registration name: DELbut
Exhibition name: Jean de la Lune
Origin:
Bred by André Delbard-Chabert (1915-2012) (France, before 1964).
Introduced in Australia by Roy H. Rumsey Pty. Ltd. in 1973 as 'Jean de la Lune'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Deep yellow.  Mild fragrance.  Medium, double (17-25 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Short.  Matte foliage.  

Height: 1' to 20" (30 to 50cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower or garden.  Protect tender new spring growth from hard freezes that may cause canker, die-back and death of the plant. .  Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom.  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.  Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood..  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 2,995  on  27 Oct 1970   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Notes:
"Jean de la Lune" (Man in the Moon) is variously a French children's song, a play and movies