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'Merry Heart' rose Description
'Merry Heart' rose photo
Photo courtesy of jedmar
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
8 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Red blend Grandiflora.
Registration name: Merry Heart
Exhibition name: Merry Heart
Origin:
Bred by Herbert C. Swim (United States, before 1958).
Introduced in United States by C.R. Burr Co. in 1960 as 'Merry Heart'.
Class:
Grandiflora.  
Bloom:
Red blend.  Flowers Orient-red.  Mild fragrance.  Average diameter 3.75".  Medium to large, full (26-40 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Upright.  Dark green foliage.  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Vigorous.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 1,846  on  16 Jun 1959   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Parentage:
El Capitan × Unnamed Seedling
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