'Party Hardy' Rose

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'Party Hardy' rose Description

My HMF:

'Party Hardy (HKor, Bedard 2009)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of Galina Skornyakova

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• DARcanard
• Nouvelle France
• WEKdarcanard

HMF Ratings:

12 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT.

ARS:

Pink blend Hybrid Kordesii.
Registration name: DARcanard
Exhibition name: Nouvelle France

Origin:

Discovered by Christian Bédard (United States, before 2006).
Introduced in United States by Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. in 2009 as 'Nouvelle France'.

Class:

Hybrid Kordesii.

Bloom:

Deep pink, lighter reverse. None to mild fragrance. Average diameter 2.75". Medium, double (17-25 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Tall, climbing, spreading. Large, glossy, dark green foliage. 3 to 7 leaflets.

Height: 6' (185cm).

Growing:

Can be used for garden. Very hardy. very vigorous.

Patents:

United States - Patent No: PP 21,449 on 9 Nov 2010 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 12/587,965 on 14 Oct 2009

Inventors: Bedard; Christian (Brea, CA)
Assignee: Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower, Inc. (Pomona, CA)
The new variety comes from an open pollination of the seed parent known as `AC Marie-Victorin` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,650)....description is of 3 to 4 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Pomona, Calif. in the month of September.

Parentage:

Marie-Victorin × Unknown

Notes:

Weeks Roses website announces the parentage as 'Marie Victorin' OP.