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    'Roller Coaster' rose Description
    'Roller Coaster (cl. miniature, McGredy, 1980)' rose photo
    Photo courtesy of helengarden
    Availability:
    Commercially available
    Synonyms:
    • MACminmo
    • Minnie Mouse
    HMF Ratings:
    37 favorite votes.  
    Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
    ARS:
    Red blend Miniature.
    Registration name: MACminmo
    Exhibition name: Roller Coaster
    Origin:
    Bred by Samuel Darragh (1932-2019) McGredy IV (1980).
    Introduced in New Zealand by McGredy Roses International (New Zealand) as 'Roller Coaster'.
    Class:
    Climber, Miniature, Miniature, Cl..  
    Bloom:
    Red blend, stripes.  Red and white striped.  None to mild fragrance.  6 to 15 petals.  Average diameter 2.5".  Semi-double (9-16 petals), in large clusters, flat bloom form.  Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.  Small, pointed, ovoid buds.  
    Habit:
    Arching, climbing, spreading.  Small, glossy, medium green foliage.  

    Height: 5' (150cm).  
    Growing:
    USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  
    Breeder's notes:
    Roller Coaster - Macminimo. Nicknamed Minnie Mouse
    Patents:
    United States - Patent No: PP 7,319  on  11 Sep 1990   VIEW USPTO PATENT

    A rose variety of the Shrub class is provided having a vigorous arching
    habit of growth, dark green glossy foilage with bronze colored leaf
    margins, small brightly colored flowers with unusual distinctive red and
    white stripes and resistance to disease.



    Inventors:
    McGredy; Sam (Auckland, NZ)
    Assignee:

    Jackson & Perkins Company
    (Medford,
    OR)
    Parentage:
    Super Sid × Stars 'n' Stripes
    Notes: