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'93/3225-1' rose Description
'Pearl Hit ®' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Wendy C.
Availability:
Commercially available
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HMF Ratings:
12 favorite votes.  
Origin:
Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, 1993). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, 1993).
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 1998 as 'Pearl Hit'.
Class:
Miniature.   (Series: PatioHit ® Collection)  
Bloom:
Cream.  Pale orange.  None to mild fragrance.  25 petals.  Average diameter 2.5".  Small to medium, very double, borne mostly solitary, ruffled bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:
Bushy.  Glossy, dark green foliage.  

Height: 16" to 2' (40 to 60cm).  Width: 30" (75cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b and warmer.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  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:
Australia - Application No: 1999/375  on  1999   VIEW PBR PATENT
Application withdrawn
 
Canada - Patent No: 0855  on  2 Oct 2000
Application No: 97-1169  on  7 Oct 1997
Rights surrendered on January 14, 2005.
Denomination: 'POULpear'
Trade name: Pearl Hit
 
New Zealand - Patent No: 1971  on  28 May 2002
Application No: ROS775  on  30 Oct 2000
 
United States - Patent No: PP 11,641  on  21 Nov 2000   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 09/138,035  on  18 Aug 1998
Inventors: Olesen; L. Pernille (Fredensborg, DK), Olesen; Mogens N. (Fredensborg, DK)
The present invention constitutes a new and distinct variety of compact floribunda rose plant which originated from a controlled crossing between an unnamed seedling and `RUImired`....The unnamed seedling resulted from a crossing of `POULetta` and `Amber Queen`.....`POULpear` was selected by the inventors as a single plant from the progeny of the hybridization in April, 1993.
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