'Sweet Repose' Rose

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'Sweet Repose' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Johno

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• The Optimist

HMF Ratings:

16 favorite votes.

ARS:

Yellow blend Floribunda.
Registration name: Sweet Repose, The Optimist
Exhibition name: Sweet Repose

Origin:

Bred by Gerrit De Ruiter (Netherlands, before 1955).
Introduced in United Kingdom by Gandy's Roses Ltd. in 1955 as 'Sweet Repose'.
Introduced in United States by Conard-Pyle (Star Roses) in 1956 as 'The Optimist'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1958 as 'Sweet Repose'.

Class:

Floribunda.

Bloom:

Deep yellow, carmine-red shading, ages to carmine-red . Moderate, tea fragrance. 23 to 28 petals. Average diameter 3.25". Medium, very double, in large clusters, high-centered to cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Medium, ovoid buds.

Habit:

Bushy, upright. Medium, dark green, dense, leathery foliage. 5 leaflets.

Height: 3' (90cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Netherlands - Application No: 284

Sweet Repose, 284, G. de Ruiter, Voorweg 62, Hazerswoude.

United States - Patent No: PP 1,533 on 4 Dec 1956 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 556,763 on 30 Dec 1955

Gerrit de Ruiter, Hazerswoude, Netherlands, assignor to TheConard-Pyle Company, West Grove, Pa.

Parentage:

Golden Rapture (hybrid tea, Kordes, 1933) × Floribunda seedling

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