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'Carefree Spirit' rose Description
'Carefree Spirit' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Musicgardener
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
27 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD+.  
ARS:
Medium red.
Origin:
Bred by Alain Meilland (1940-....) (France, 2007). Bred by Jacques Mouchotte (France, 2007).
Introduced in United States by Conard-Pyle (Star Roses) in 2009 as 'Carefree Spirit'.
Class:
Shrub.  
Bloom:
Red, white center.  Deep Cherry Red with white eye, with white reverse suffused with deep cherry pink. Finishes deep pink in heat.  None to mild fragrance.  5 petals.  Average diameter 2.5".  Medium, single (4-8 petals), cluster-flowered, in large clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Medium, bushy, mounded.  Glossy, dark green foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: up to 5' (up to 150cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 4b through 9b.  Can be used for beds and borders, garden or landscape.  Very hardy.  very vigorous.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 20,175  on  7 Jul 2009   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 12/213,555  on  20 Jun 2008
Inventors: Meilland; Alain A. (Antibes, FR)
The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) was the product of the cross of the `Kormax` variety (non-patented in the United States) and an unnamed seedling (non-patented in the United States). The male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) was the product of the cross of the `Meipoque` variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,956) and the `Korimro` variety (non-patented in the United States).
Ploidy:
Triploid
Notes:
Chromosome count by David Zlesak. July 17 2009. Different ploidy stated in 2023 reference.