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'Summer ™' rose Description
'Summer Palace ®' rose photo
Photo courtesy of brigitta jensen
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
11 favorite votes.  
ARS:
White, near white or white blend Floribunda.
Registration name: POUlcape
Origin:
Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1989). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1989).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 1998 as 'Summer Palace'.
Class:
Floribunda.   (Series: Palace ® Collection)  
Bloom:
White, pink edges.  Mild fragrance.  Full (26-40 petals) bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:

Height: 16" to 2' (40 to 60cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  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:
Canada - Patent No: 0525  on  21 Sep 1998
Application No: 95-650  on  20 Oct 1995
Rights surrendered on September 2, 2004.
Denomination: 'POULcape'
Trade name: Summer Palace
 
European Union - Application No: 1997/04  on  1997
 
United States - Patent No: PP 10,730  on  22 Dec 1998   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/864,847  on  29 May 1997
Inventors: Olesen; L. Pernille (Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of floribunda rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between `MACrexy` and an unnamed seedling.... The two parents were crossed in the summer of 1989
Notes:
According to the Canadian Plant Breeders' Rights Office, an application (No. 95-650) for POULcape was filed by Poulsen Roser ApS. Certificate No. 0525 was granted September 21, 1998.