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'Centennial Rose' Description
Photo courtesy of Ping
ARS:
Apricot or apricot blend Grandiflora. Registration name: BAIcentExhibition name: Centennial Rose
Class:
Grandiflora. (Series: Garden Art ® Collection)
Bloom:
Apricot to light yellow, ages to cream . 22 petals. Average diameter 3.5". Medium to large, double (17-25 petals), cluster-flowered, cupped, high-centered, urn-shaped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Ovoid buds.
Habit:
Short, upright. Medium green foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.
Height: 2' to 35" (60 to 90cm). Width: 31" to 35" (80 to 90cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 4b through 9b. Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower or garden. Disease susceptibility: blackspot resistant, very mildew resistant.
Breeder's notes:
Clusters of high-centered blossoms are held on long, straight stems; blooms are apricot to pale yellow, fading gradually to creamy white; bronze-tinged foliage
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 18,102 on 2 Oct 2007 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 11/408,348 on 21 Apr 2006 Inventors: Lim; Peter P. (McMinnville, OR)
Assignee: Bailey Nurseries, Inc. (Newport, MN)
The new variety of rose, `BAIcent`, designated as seedling No. 96R815, was selected among seedlings derived from a cross made in Yamhill, Oreg. in 1996 between the female parent, `MACivy` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,362) and the male parent, designated No. R3412 (unnamed proprietary seedling, not patented). [later in the text: R93412]
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