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'Wekdocpot' rose Description
Photo courtesy of NorthWestRider
HMF Ratings:
47 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT-.
Bloom:
Light yellow, red shading. Upper: yellow edged with cerise pink, reverse: similar but with more yellow. Moderate, tea fragrance. 27 to 35 petals. Average diameter 3.25". Medium to large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped bloom form. Prolific, blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Habit:
Tall, upright. Large, matte, dark green foliage. 3 to 5 leaflets.
Height: 5'7" to 6'7" (170 to 200cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for cut flower, garden or landscape. Very vigorous. heat tolerant. 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 20,633 on 5 Jan 2010 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 12/288,810 on 23 Oct 2008 Inventors: Pottschmidt; John David (Cincinnati, OH)
This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Grandiflora Rose. The seed parent and the pollen parent of the variety are unknown....description is of 3 to 4 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Pomona, Calif. in the month of October.
Notes:
The parentage in the US Patent # 20633 differs from the parentage published by the American Rose Society. See REFERENCES. The breeder says that he mixes pollens, so the pollen parent could be any of about 300 roses he uses. At the time he made the cross that produced this plant, he did not keep records of seed parents, but he thinks the seed parent might have been 'Heart of Gold' (McGredy).
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