'Mexicali Rose' Rose

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'Mexicali Rose' Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of jedmar

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

2 favorite votes.

ARS:

Yellow blend Floribunda.
Registration name: Mexicali Rose

Origin:

Bred by Milton L. Whisler (United States, before 1955).
Introduced in United States by Germain's (Germain Seed & Plant Co.) in 1957 as 'Mexicali Rose'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1958 as 'Mexicali Rose'.

Class:

Floribunda.

Bloom:

Deep yellow, red shading, ages to cerise . Flowers deep yellow turning to deep rose pink, then to cerise-red. None to mild, spice fragrance. 65 to 70 petals. Average diameter 2.5". Medium, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped-to-flat, open bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Small, leafy sepals, long sepals, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Upright, well-branched. Medium, dark green, leathery foliage. 3 to 5 leaflets.

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for cut flower or garden. Vigorous.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 1,496 on 10 Jul 1956 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 530,221 on 23 Aug 1955

Milton J. Whisler, Granada Hills, Calif., assignor to Germain's, Inc., Van Nuys, Calif.

Parentage:

seed:	seedling of Herrenhausen × Golden Rapture (hybrid tea, Kordes, 1933)
pollen:	Easter Parade (floribunda, Whisler, 1951)

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