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'Soft Whisper' rose Description
'Soft Whisper' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Kathy Strong
Availability:
Commercially available
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HMF Ratings:
6 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT.  
ARS:
White, near white or white blend Hybrid Tea.
Exhibition name: Soft Whisper
Origin:
Bred by Dr. Keith W. Zary (United States, before 2010).
Introduced in United States by Jackson & Perkins Co. in 2013 as 'Soft Whisper'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Cream, coral-pink edges.  Strong, honey, sweet fragrance.  35 to 40 petals.  Average diameter 4".  Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, high-centered, high-centered to flat bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Long, pointed, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Bushy, upright.  Glossy, medium green, leathery foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 4'7" to 5¼' (140 to 160cm).  Width: 39" to 47" (100 to 120cm).
Growing:
Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower or landscape.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 25,979  on  13 Oct 2015   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 13/998,639  on  19 Nov 2013
The new plant has the varietal denomination `JACnizea`. This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of Hybrid Tea Rose. It has as its seed parent the variety known as `JACnepal` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,691) and as the pollen parent MACgenev (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,279).
....The plant parts used for the photograph came from 3 to 4 year-old rose plants of the new variety grown outdoors in Tipp City, Ohio in the month July.
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