'Violet Hit ®' Rose

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'Violet Hit ®' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Cass

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• POUltin
• Violet Paillette ™

HMF Ratings:

12 favorite votes.

ARS:

Medium pink Mini-Flora.
Registration name: POUltin
Exhibition name: Violet Hit ®

Origin:

Bred by L. Pernille Olesen (Denmark, before 1991). Bred by Mogens Nyegaard Olesen (Denmark, before 1991).
Introduced in United States by Bear Creek Gardens, Inc. as 'Violet Hit'.
Introduced in Denmark by Poulsen Roser A/S in 1996 as 'Violet Hit'.

Class:

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

Bloom:

Pink. Mild fragrance. 20 to 25 petals. Average diameter 1". Small, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, high-centered to flat bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Small, pointed, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Short, bushy, compact, upright, well-branched. Small, glossy foliage. 5 leaflets.

Height: 10" (25cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Australia - Application No: 1996/025 on 1996 VIEW PBR PATENT

Canada - Patent No: 0608 on 7 Apr 1999
Application No: 95-596 on 14 Aug 1995

Rights surrendered on July 28, 2008.
Denomination: 'POULtin'
Trade name: Violet Hit

European Union - Patent No: 323 on 2 Aug 1996
Application No: 19950453 on 2 Aug 1995

Holder: Poulsen Roser ApS. Denomination approved: POULTIN.
First commercialisation in EU: December 11, 1991
Expiry of protection on 01/01/2017.

New Zealand - Patent No: 1264 on 18 Jul 1997
Application No: ROS498 on 26 Apr 1994

Trade Name: Violet Hit.

United States - Patent No: PP 10,164 on 30 Dec 1997 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/606,893 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 originated by us by crossing the variety MEIbinosor, unpatented, with the variety RUImissa...

Parentage:

Concertino (floribunda, Meilland, 1976) × Miss Rosamini

Notes:

According to the US Patent for this rose, it has bright pink flowers and a long shelf life.

A correspondent writes: I purchased Violet Hit as a potted rose from a local store. It was nice in the pot, but when I put it out in my garden it got bigger and bloomed better than any of my 600 or so other roses. I actually planted a hedge of damaged plants that I purchased which the store was going to throw away and they came back and out performed every thing else in my garden. Why hasn't someone started selling them as outside plants for northern climates (zone 5)?

Their sister plants 'Absolute Hit' and 'Perfect Hit' are great, too, and offer marvelous color. 'Absolute Hit' is red, 'Perfect Hit' a salmon pink. For anyone doing dried flowers they are gorgeous and for edging a driveway or walkway with short roses they are the best to be found I think. I have been a rose grower and dried flower supplier for several years so I am not a novice. I really would like to see these roses available to public as garden roses.