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'Flower Girl ™' rose Description 
  
  
  
  Photo courtesy of Kathy Strong's Del Cerro Garden
HMF Ratings: 
23 favorite votes.  Average rating: 
EXCELLENT.
 
ARS: Light pink Shrub.Registration name: FRYyeomanExhibition name: Flower Girl ™ 
Bloom: Light pink.  Mild, apple, tea fragrance.  10 to 15 petals.  Average diameter 2".  Small to medium, semi-double (9-16 petals), cluster-flowered, in large clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.   
Habit: Medium, arching, bushy, few or no prickles/thorns, spreading.  Medium, matte, light green foliage.  
 Height: 4' to 5' (120 to 150cm).
 
Growing: USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for beds and borders or garden.  Shade tolerant.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).   
Patents: United States - Patent No: PP 13,268  on  26 Nov 2002   VIEW USPTO PATENT Application No: 09/736,894  on  12 Dec 2000 Shrub rose plant named ' FRYyeoman' Gareth Fryer, Knutsford Cheshire, Great Britian
 ... A new variety of Shrub rose suitable for garden decoration, having large clusters of flowers of pastel pink coloration... Parentage: Amruda x HOLfairy... about 10 to about 15 petals... medium small flowers (about 4.4 to about 5 cms. in diameter) of pastel pink... Outdoors, the plant blooms very abundantly and nearly continuously during the growing season. The flowers have a very slight tea fragrance... On the spent bloom, the petals drop off cleanly... [cut flowers]: generally last about three to four or more days... Hips have not been noted on this variety when grown in Upland, California...
 
Notes: In Southern California, this Shrub Rose repeats very well if deadheaded.It appears to be immune to mildew, rust, cercospora, anthracnose and downy mildew.
 It even has a nice vase life, if cut fairly tight.
 A terrific rose!
 
 Jeri Jennings
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