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'Betty Prior' rose Description 
  
  
  
  Photo courtesy of Jean Marion
HMF Ratings: 
25 favorite votes.  Average rating: 
GOOD.
 
ARS: Medium pink Floribunda.Registration name: Betty Prior
 
Bloom: Carmine-pink, white center, yellow center.  Moderate fragrance.  5 petals.  Small, single (4-8 petals), in large clusters, cupped-to-flat bloom form.  Prolific, continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.   
Habit: Bushy, upright.  
 Height: 31" to 4' (80 to 120cm).  Width: 2' to 4' (60 to 120cm).
 
Growing: USDA zone 4b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, container rose or garden.  Hardy.  heat tolerant.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.  Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).   
Patents: United States - Patent No: PP 340  on  19 Sep 1939   VIEW USPTO PATENT Application No: 255,318  on  8 Feb 1939 Basil Edmund Prior, Colchester, England, assignor to Jackson & Perkins Company, Newark, N.Y. |