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'JAColfa' rose Description
'English Sachet ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of aprille
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
11 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
Light pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: JAColfa
Exhibition name: English Sachet ™
Origin:
Bred by Dr. Keith W. Zary (United States, 1999).
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Light pink.  Strong, sweet fragrance.  40 to 50 petals.  Average diameter 4.5".  Large, old-fashioned bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  
Habit:

Height: 5' (150cm).  Width: 42" (105cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 7b and warmer.  Disease susceptibility: susceptible to blackspot .  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.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 12,118  on  2 Oct 2001   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 455228  on  6 Dec 1999
Hybrid tea rose plant named JAColfa
Keith W. Zary, Thousand Oaks, California
Parentage: JACale x 'Silver Jubliee'
... having vigorous, upright growth; large, soft pink flowers of old fashioned form and strong, sweet fragrance; dark green, glossy foliage and resistance to rust and mildew... Blooming habit: Continuous... Average open bloom size is about 4 to 41/2 inches... Average stem length is about 18 to 22 inches... Number of petals under normal conditions: 40 to 50... Fragrance: Strong; sweet... Lastingness: On the plant: Fair (about five or six days). As a cut flower: Fair (about six or seven days)... The globular bud opens to a flower filled with petals. The open flower sometimes has a quartered but always crowded look, giving the bloom an old fashioned look... At maturity, height is five feet, width is 31/2 feet... Resistant to mildew and rust, susceptible to blackspot under normal growing conditions...
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