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'Masquerade' rose Description
'Masquerade (floribunda, Boerner 1949)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of roseexpert
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
19 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Red blend Floribunda.
Registration name: Masquerade (floribunda, Boerner 1949)
Exhibition name: Masquerade
Origin:
Bred by Eugene S. Boerner (United States, before 1949).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. (Newark, NY) in 1949 as 'Masquerade'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1952 as 'Masquerade'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Yellow, ages to dark red .  Different colours visible in a cluster.  Mild fragrance.  Average diameter 2.5".  Medium, semi-double to double, borne mostly solitary, in large clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Small, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Bushy, compact.  Glossy, dark green, leathery foliage.  

Height: up to 3' (up to 90cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 4b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders or garden.  Vigorous.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  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 975  on  29 Aug 1950   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Notes:
Sets hips