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'POUlavon' rose Description
'Nova Hit ®' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Cass
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
9 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Light pink Miniature.
Registration name: POUlavon
Origin:
Discovered by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1993). Discovered by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1993).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 1996 as 'Nova Hit'.
Class:
Mini-Flora, Miniature, Patio.   (Series: PatioHit ® Collection)  
Bloom:
Light pink.  None / no fragrance.  30 to 35 petals.  Average diameter 1.5".  Small, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, high-centered to flat, scalloped bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Small, pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Short, bushy, compact.  Small foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 16" to 2' (40 to 60cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose or garden.  
Patents:
Canada - Patent No: 0604  on  7 Apr 1999
Application No: 95-592  on  14 Aug 1995
Rights surrendered on July 28, 2008.
Denomination: 'POULavon'
Trade name: Nova Hit
Breeder: Mogens N. Olesen, Poulsen Roser A/S, Fredensborg, Denmark
 
European Union - Patent  on  16 Dec 1996
Application No: 0355/95  on  25 Jul 1995
First commercialisation in EU: January 10, 1995
Grant of protection 199606
Protection terminated August 15, 2005.
 
United States - Patent No: PP 10,082  on  28 Oct 1997   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/605,821  on  21 Feb 1996
Inventors: Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Pernille (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of rose plant of the miniature class which was discovered by us as a spontaneous mutation of the variety POULfect, which variety is the subject of co-pending application Ser. No. 08,606,894, filed Feb. 21, 1996. This new mutation was discovered in a greenhouse located in Broby, Denmark in the Spring of 1993.
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