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'BOEh' rose Description
'Seventeen' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Boronkay (Rose Garden Budatétény)
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
7 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Pink blend Floribunda.
Registration name: Seventeen
Exhibition name: Seventeen
Origin:
Bred by Eugene S. Boerner (United States, before 1957).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (Newark, NY) in 1959 as 'Seventeen'.
Introduced in France by Vilmorin-Andrieux in 1962 as 'Seventeen'.
Class:
Floribunda, Florists Rose.  
Bloom:
Coral-pink.  Strong fragrance.  20 to 25 petals.  Average diameter 3.5".  Medium to large, double (17-25 petals), cluster-flowered, cupped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Upright.  Dark green, leathery foliage.  

Height: up to 43" (up to 110cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 1,765  on  14 Oct 1958   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Notes:
Source: Seventeen