'Sweet Success' Rose

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'Sweet Success' rose Description

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Photo courtesy of Beth's Northern CA Rose Garden

HMF Ratings:

6 favorite votes.

ARS:

Light pink Hybrid Tea.
Exhibition name: Sweet Success

Origin:

Bred by John David Pottschmidt (United States, 1995).

Class:

Grandiflora, Hybrid Tea.

Bloom:

Light pink. Tea fragrance. 64 petals. Average diameter 5". Double (17-25 petals) bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Height: 6' (185cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Disease susceptibility: susceptible to blackspot .

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 7,688 on 29 Oct 1991 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application on 22 Feb 1990

Patented as a Hybrid Tea.

Parentage:

Chablis × Pristine ® (hybrid tea, Warriner 1975)

Notes:

The US Patent for this rose says Sweet Success is the result of a cross of 'Chablis' and 'Pristine' in 1985. The color is light pink, yellow at the base, changing to coral and light pink. In cooler weather, with nights less than 45 degrees F, the petals are almost completely white and retain only a hint of pink. The blooms last 5 to 7 days on the bush and 3 days when cut and put in a vase...