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'Smooth Queen ™' rose Description
'Smooth Queen ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of RUDI'S ROSES
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
Hadque
HMF Ratings:
9 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Yellow blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Hadque
Exhibition name: Smooth Queen ™
Origin:
Bred by Harvey D. Davidson (United States, before 2003).
Introduced in United States by Mea Nursery in 2006 as 'Smooth Queen'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Yellow, pink shading.  Strong fragrance.  34 to 36 petals.  Average diameter 4.5".  Very large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, globular bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Medium, compact, few or no prickles/thorns.  Medium, glossy, medium green foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: up to 39" (up to 100cm).  Width: up to 20" (up to 50cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose, cut flower, garden or hedge.  Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom.  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:
United States - Patent No: PP 17,482  on  6 Mar 2007   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/159,680  on  23 Jun 2005
Inventors: Davidson; Harvey Daniel (Orinda, CA)
...originated by my crossing `KIKA` as the seed parent with `REMEMBER ME` as the pollen parent..... observations are made of specimens grown outdoors in Orinda, Contra Costa County, Calif., in the month of October, 2003.
Notes:
There's very little information available about Smooth Queen, but the following is from the Wallararoses.com.au website in Australia:

"This regal hybrid tea has lovely soft apricot buds, opening to reveal stunning blooms with reflex petals, fading to cream with soft pink edges. It has a pleasantly light fruity fragrance, flowering continuously over the flowering season and would be good for cut flowers. Smooth Queen is available by mail order in Bush."