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'Sweet Spot Peach' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Kathy Strong's Del Cerro Garden
Class:
Hybrid Hulthemia persica.
Bloom:
Soft peach, with a red/pink spot in the center. None / no fragrance. up to 8 petals. Average diameter 1.5". Small, single (4-8 petals), in small clusters bloom form. Continuous (perpetual) bloom throughout the season.
Habit:
Short, bushy, compact. Semi-glossy, dark green foliage. 5 leaflets.
Height: up to 20" (up to 50cm). Width: up to 20" (up to 50cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b and warmer. Can be used for container rose, garden or hanging basket.
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 26,703 on 10 May 2015 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: 14/120,793 on 27 Jun 2014 The new Rosa cultivar is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the inventor, Robert Ilsink, in Leersum, Netherlands. The objective of the breeding program was to produce new Rosa varieties for ornamental commercial applications. The cross resulting in this new variety was made during April of 2004.
The seed parent is the unpatented, proprietary variety referred to as Rosa ‘B274-02’.The pollen parent is the unpatented, proprietary variety referred to as Rosa ‘B390-01’. The new variety was discovered in April of 2005 by the inventor in a group of seedlings resulting from the 2004 crossing, in a research greenhouse in Leersum, Netherlands.
Notes:
To be introduced as SweetSpot™ Peach in the United States by Anthony Tesselaar USA, Inc. 2014
Parentages of some other roses in this series involve seed parent Strabo Babylon and pollen parent Eridu Babylon
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