'Pernille Hit ®' Rose

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'Pernille Hit ®' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Cynthia Hart's Rose Garden

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• POUlnil

HMF Ratings:

7 favorite votes.

ARS:

Pink blend Mini-Flora.
Registration name: POUlnil
Exhibition name: Pernille Hit ®

Origin:

Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, before 1998). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, before 1998).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 1998 as 'Pernille Hit'.

Class:

Mini-Flora, Miniature, Patio. (Series: PatioHit ® Collection)

Bloom:

Orange blend. Mild, wild rose fragrance. 15 to 25 petals. Average diameter 2.5". Small to medium, semi-double to double, cluster-flowered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Bushy. Glossy, dark green foliage.

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: 1327 on 3 Dec 2002
Application No: 99-1765 on 17 Aug 1999

Denomination: 'POULnil'
Trade name: Pernille Hit

United States - Patent No: PP 13,301 on 3 Dec 2002 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/658,828 on 8 Sep 2000

Inventors: Olesen; L. Pernille (DK-3480 Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (DK-3480, Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of miniature rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between an unnamed seedling and an unnamed seedling. ....`POULnil` was selected by the inventors as a single plant from the progeny of the hybridization in May of 1998.

Parentage:

Unnamed Seedling × Unnamed Seedling

Notes:

Cynthia Hart says the buds have a lot of pink to them but the flowers mature to a beautiful almost butter yellow with a darker reverse that seems to have a touch of apricot to it.