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'Happy Thoughts ™' rose Description
'Happy Thoughts ™' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Nor' East Miniature Roses
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
12 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Orange blend Miniature.
Registration name: SAVagrand,  Savathoughts
Exhibition name: Happy Thoughts ™
Origin:
Bred by Wendy R. White (United States, 1999).
Introduced in United States by Nor' East Miniature Roses in 2007 as 'Happy Thoughts'.
Class:
Miniature.  
Bloom:
Orange blend.  Dark yellow with orange edges upper; yellow reverse.  Mild, lily of the valley fragrance.  12 to 20 petals.  Average diameter 2.5".  Medium, semi-double to double, borne mostly solitary, reflexed bloom form.  Prolific, blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Short, compact.  Medium, semi-glossy, dark green foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 10" to 1' (25 to 30cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 4b through 10b.  Can be used for container rose, garden or rock garden.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  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.  
Breeder's notes:
Bright color in near constant bloom on compact plant.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 19,460  on  18 Nov 2008   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 11/985,592  on  16 Nov 2007
Inventors: White; Wendy (Ipswich, MA)
Assignee: Nor'East Miniature Roses (Arroyo Grande, CA)
The seed parent is an unnamed, unpatented and unintroduced miniature seedling with orange-red flowers which was created from this same breeding program by crossing `ROzorina` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 2,321) by `Baby Katie` U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,471). The pollen parent is an unnamed, unpatented and unintroduced miniature seedling with pale apricot-pink flowers, also from this same breeding program, created by crossing `LAVjune` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,859) by `MACgenev` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,279).
Notes:
Orange buds open to show bright two-inch yellow flowers with an orange border and accents. This compact plant is a consistent performer. Very winter hardy and disease resistant.